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Twentieth 
Century 
Musings 

Being  Things 
Thought  Out 

By 
M.  Clay  Burbridge 


Done  Into  a  Book  by  The  Roy- 
crofters,  at  Their  Shop,  which  is 
in    East    Aurora,    Erie    County, 
New  York.  April,  mcmxiii. 


FOREWORD 

is  just  one  objection  to  this  book, 
and  that  is  the  title. 

Twentieth- Century  Musings  is  hardly 
appropriate.  It  should  have  been  "  Twenty- 
Second,"  or  "  Twenty-Fifth  Century  Musings."  6+ 
The  author  of  this  book  is  ahead  of  her  time.  She  is 
an  exceptional  thinker,  and  does  not  represent  this 
century,  but  all  centuries.  What  this  woman  knows 
now,  may  be  known  to  all,  two  hundred  years  from 
now. 

Truth  is  immortal.  It  is  classic ;  and  the  classic  is 
the  thing  that  never  grows  old. 

Here  we  find  portable  wisdom,  nuggets  of  fact  and 
sentiment  fused. 

The  proverb,  the  epigram,  the  orphic  saying,  have 
come  down  to  us  from  the  days  of  Solomon. 
Socrates  made  the  world  vastly  his  debtor  by  such 
homely  commonsense  sayings  as  this :  "  Do  too 
much  for  a  boy  and  he  will  never  do  much  for 
himself." 

Here  is  a  sentiment  that  Plato  puts  into  the  mouth 
of  Socrates,  with  the  youth  Alcibiades  in  mind.  It 
is  one  of  the  things  eternally  true  that  has  to  be 
reiterated,  restated,  emphasized  again  and  again. 
C  No  thinking  person  can  read  these  Musings 
without  finding  his  own  ideas  here  reflected. 
My  good  friend,  M.  Clay  Burbridge,  says  the  things 
that  we  would  all  say — if  we  had  the  mind. 
When  we  read  them  we  say,  "  Yes,  yes ;  that  is 
what  I  always  held."  And  there  comes  to  us  the 
dictum  of  Ralph  Waldo  Emerson,  "  Speak  your 


thoughts  today,  for  tomorrow  you  shall  take  them 
from  another  at  secondhand." 

The  genius  is  the  individual  who  catches  the 
electric  spark  as  it  flashes  through  his  mind,  and 
transforms  it  into  words. 

Man  is  the  instrument  of  deity.  He  is  a  divine 
transformer.  And  the  great  desire  of  Nature  seems 
to  be  to  evolve  an  individual  who  can  express  her 
meanings  to  the  many. 

This  book  is  a  mine  of  treasures  to  which  literary 
workers  and  thinkers  will  be  beholden. 
Such  proverbs  as  you  will  find  here  were    never 
written  offhand. 

Thoughts  like  these  come  at  unexpected  times  and 
places ;  and  the  author  is  the  person  who  has  the 
skill  to  seize  and  fix  into  simple  words  these  eternal 
truths  which  enlarge  and  benefit  and  uplift  our  lives. 

— ELBERT  HUBBARD 


BOOK  ONE 


Twentieth  Century  Musings 


HE  creation  of  beauty  is  every  one's 
privilege.  None  are  too  rich,  none 
are  too  poor,  and  to  neglect  it  is 
perpetual  loss.  Forget  not  that  in 
the  glare  of  wealth  and  in  the  stress 
of  poverty  words  fitly  chosen  add 
beauty  to  daily  life.  The  ear  should 
be  served  as  artistically  as  the  eye. 

2 

It  is  agreeable  to  hear  priests  affirm  that  the  age  of 
miracles  is  past  and  it  would  be  more  pleasing  to  have 
them  acknowledge  that  it  never  was. 

3 
Let  the  wicked  world  sneer  as  it  will,  it  adores  virtue. 

4 

The  presence  of  deceit  is  made  manifest  by  its  undue 
attention  to  intended  prey. 

5 

A  laudable  course  to  pursue  in  regard  to  scandal :. 
Hear  if  you  must,  but  be  not  heard. 

6 
Crossness,  however  bedecked,  is  grossness  still. 

7 

Hunger  oftener  leadeth  a  man  from  temptation  than 
toward  it,  for  it  turneth  him  to  industry. 

8 
Violent  words  fall  far  short  when  hurled  at  peace. 

9 

The  thought  that  takes  deep  root  in  the  mind  usually 
flowers  abundantly. 


10 

hills  and  the  vales  lying  between  youth  and 
old  age  appear  interminable  when  advancing; 
but  when  looking  backward,  age  glances  from 
summit  to  summit,  and  the  way  seems  but  a  day's 
journey. 

11 

Though  a  cheat  don  the  garb  of  honesty,  it  can  not 
be  made  to  fit  him. 

12 
Directness  is  the  child  of  sincerity. 

13 

When  the  mind  flies  high,  the  body  can  not  remain 
in  the  mire. 

14 

Fortune  will  come  to  those  who  plead  with  persis 
tency. 

15 

Any  one  who  desires  to  be  good  can  be — God's  door 
is  never  closed  against  the  vilest. 

16 

The  eye  of  the  soul  may  penetrate  the  mysteries  of 
godliness. 

17 
The  wisdom  of  discipline  is  known  to  the  wise. 

18 

The  civilization  of  one  century  is  the  barbarity  of  the 
next. 

19 
Intelligence  outlineth  the  fairest  countenance. 

20 

The  life-song  of  many  is  riches ;  of  others,  pleasure, 
power  or  knowledge  ;  but  the  truest  notes  ever  sounded 
are  the  grand  chords  of  justice. 

21 

When  snobbery  laughs  at  rusticity  politeness  retreats. 


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22 

Bigotry  and  credulity  roam  much  together  in  the 
ravines  of  fanaticism. 

23 

Every  drunkard  dallies  with  crime,  and  some  day 
crime  may  dally  with  him. 

24 
A  smile  frequently  fails,  but  love  never. 

25 

For  a  man  to  make  himself  good  is  furthering  the 
intent  of  his  Creator. 

26 
The  poison  of  asps  lies  in  the  words  of  deceit. 

27 

The  head  of  temperance  is  bowed  with  shame  when 
obliged  to  consort  with  intemperance. 

28 

Wherefore  should  a  man  wrap  himself  with  iniquity 
and  be  vain  of  the  display  ? 

29 

The  preservation  of  morals  is  man's  duty  to  man, 
but  he  it  is  who  tramples  them  under  the  heel  of 
appetite. 

30 

When  crime  in  its  terror  cries  out  for  help,  the  strong 
arm  of  the  law  is  its  only  support. 

31 

Peradventure  thou  mayest  meet  a  knave  tomorrow : 
sharpen  thy  wits  today. 

32 

Earn  thy  loaf  honestly  by  day,  that  thy  conscience 
may  sleep  at  night. 

33 

Exercise  thy  talents  daily,  that  they  forsake  thee 
not  for  livelier  company. 


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34 

©E  near  unto  me  at  all  times,O  Thou  that  guideth, 
to  sustain  me  when  doubt  creepeth  behind  and 
when  fear  runneth  before.  Lead  me  by  the  right 
hand  into  the  wide  fields  of  thought,  where   I   may 
pluck  at  will  the  blossoms  of  eternal  truth. 

35 
Nothing  more  offends  bigotry  than  tolerance. 

36 

It  is  the  part  of  a  philosopher  to  be  resigned  to  the 
inevitable,  and  it  is  thy  part  to  be  a  philosopher. 

37 

The  apology  of  parsimony — the  sin  of  wastefulness. 

38 

Fold  thy  wings,  O  troubled  soul,  and  rest  thee  from 
worry,  that  thou  mayest  be  strong  for  whatever  the 
future  holds  for  thee. 

39 
Be  not  swift  to  win  distinction  without  honor. 

40 

Be  not  so  hopeful  of  the  future  that  thou  forgettest 
to  perform  the  duties  of  this  hour. 

41 

Labor  not  for  selfishness :  thou  wilt  lose  in  the  end, 
though  the  world  become  thine. 

42 

Why  fill  thy  soul  with  husks  when  there  is  abundant 
grain  in  the  crib  ? 

43 

Fall  into  a  line  of  action  that  will  lead  thee  to  use 
fulness  and  thence  to  Godliness. 

44 

Find  thy  true  place,  if  thou  canst;  for  as  sure  as 
thou  art,  theie  is  a  niche  for  thee. 


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45 

^TT^F  the  Devil  of  Theology  were  chained  for  a 
|_  thousand  years,  would  sin  depart  the  world? 
^  When  sin  departs  it  will  be  at  man's  own  bid 
ding.  Man  has  more  control  over  sin  than  has  this 
fallen  angel  of  the  imagination,  and  it  were  a  sin  the 
name  were  not  forgotten  and  only  deity  remembered, 
for  any  name  that  conjures  evil  in  the  mind,  in  that 
same  degree  shuts  out  the  beautiful. 

46 

Friendship  that  is  brittle  should  be  called  by  another 
name. 

47 

flow  sweet  the  sound  of  our  mother-tongue  in  a 
foreign  land,  and  as  sweet  the  utterance  of  a  kindred 
thought  in  a  foreign  atmosphere. 

48 

Whatever  thou  asketh  in  faith  that  is  well  for  thee 
will  fall  into  thy  hand  if  it  be  constantly  upraised. 

49 
To  believe  a  lie  robs  one  of  the  truth. 

50 
As  soon  as  vice  discovers  virtue  it  tries  to  destroy  it. 

51 

Every  religion  advertises  to  have  the  safest  boat  to 
ferry  a  soul  across  the  Styx ;  but  after  all,  methinks 
each  one  has  to  wade. 

52 

If  it  be  thy  pleasure  to  pursue  a  line  of  thought 
contrary  to  thy  friend's  opinion,  the  less  thou  tellest 
him  of  thy  progress  the  more  in  peace  thou  mayest 
follow  it  to  a  conclusion. 

53 

Before  thy  soul  leave  thy  body  on  its  nightly  pil 
grimage,  bid  it  depart  in  peace  with  the  whole  world, 
lest  hatred  bear  thee  downward. 


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54 

When  a  stranger  cometh  thy  way  and  asketh  consola 
tion,  turn  not  thy  face  away  nor  withhold  thy 
sympathy,  for  perchance  the  road  forks  at  thy  door, 
the  one  trailing  to  destruction,  the  other  to  instruction. 

55 

More  restful  a  bed  of  leaves  under  the  stars  than  a 
royal  chamber  of  discontent. 

56 

Jealousy,  like  a  skittish  horse,  is  always  running  away 
at  nothing. 

57 

Better  art  thou  without  friend  or  shelter  than  to 
pillow  thy  head  with  vice. 

58 

If  thou  wilt  record  thy  acts  each  day,  there  will  be 
at  least  one  from  which  thou  wilt  desire  to  clip  the 
rough  edge. 

59 

The  cleanest  place  in  which  to  dwell  is  the  whiteness 
of  honesty. 

60 

Refrain  from  parading  thy  virtues,  lest  thy  neighbor 
parade  thy  faults. 

61 

The  gateway  that  leads  to  Heaven  is  through  thine 
own  soul. 

62 

Individuals  are  like  so  many  figures  in  a  row  or  so 
many  letters  in  a  line,  and  only  when  combinations 
are  made  is  it  possible  to  estimate  their  value  and 
relation  to  one  another. 

63 

The  day  that  thy  pride  becomes  vanity,  cut  it  out 
with  the  sickle  of  reproof. 

64 
Vulgarity  lends  an  ear  to  scandal  and  an  eye  to  folly. 


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65 

Whatever  may  be  thy  fear  of  dying,  it  will  pass  away 
at  the  moment. 

66 

If  thy  thoughts  be  vile,  keep  pure  thy  lips,  that  thy 
associates  escape  contamination. 

67 

Whoso  denieth  a  truth  loseth  the  blessing  of  knowl 
edge. 

68 

The  fondest  memory  that  can  be  carried  from  earth 
is  that  of  having  been  just  and  honorable  toward  all 
men. 

69 
Idleness  hath  no  part  in  progress. 

70 
The  sting  of  sin  blights  the  fruit  of  life. 

71 

Let  the  people  of  Earth  live  without  discord  and  the 
day  of  their  bondage  is  over. 

72 

A  most  commendable  thing  about  skepticism  is  its 
determination  not  to  accept  any  proposition  without 
examination. 

73 

To  turn  night  into  day  is  a  conflict  with  Nature 
which  she  oftener  wins  than  thou. 

74 

Fret  not  thyself  because  of  poverty,  but  keep  thy 
strength  to  conquer  it. 

75 

The  wise  dame  will  see  to  it  that  her  lord  hath  his 
fill  before  she  introduces  him  to  novelty. 

76 

Give  thyself  only  good  thoughts,  and  thou  wilt  have 
none  other  to  give  thy  neighbors. 


15 


77 

CHERE  is  enough  love  in  the  universe  to  clothe 
all    mankind    and    not    exhaust    the    supply; 
therefore   take  ye  of  it  and   say   to   another, 
"  There  is  enough  for  thee  and  thine." 

78 
Love  no  evil  and  thou  wilt  love  all  good. 

79 
Labor  is  the  tonic  of  the  world. 

80 

God  knoweth  whither  He  is  leading  us,  yet  by  our 
capers  we  doubt  His  wisdom  and  would  remain  as 
we  are. 

81 

Whenever  we  are  visited  by  folly  we  are  humiliated. 

82 

The  greatest  annoyance  can  be  overcome  by  persistent 
thought. 

83 

So  great  is  the  miser's  trust  in  his  gold  that  he  piles 
it  about  him,  cheating  himself  into  the  belief  that  it 
will  preserve  him  from  the  common  fate  of  others. 

84 
The  world  is  our  heaven  if  we  will. 

85 

Make  fear  subservient  to  thy  bidding  and  let  it  not 
consume  thee  at  any  time. 

86 
Fear  is  a  tyrant  that  oppresses  every  class. 

87 

Fear  hateth  all  mankind,  and  in  its  company  is  only 
misery. 

88 

Fear  loveth  no  man,  nor  hath  it  the  semblance  of 
affection. 


16 


89 

Our  lives  may  be  ordered  by  Fate,  but  it  would  seem 
that  we  have  much  to  do  with  the  result,  and  that 
Fate  is  ever  ready  to  lean  to  our  suggestions. 

90 

Take  ye  no  advantage  over  youth  nor  age.  The  two 
extremes  the  strong  must  protect. 

91 

Each  day  gather  up  the  loose  threads  of  thy  life,  that 
if  thou  diest  without  warning  the  end  will  not  ravel. 

92 

When  the  lips  form  a  smile  it  is  a  brave  frown  that  j 
dare  approach. 

93 

It  is  more  dangerous  to  do  good  amongst  the  evil 
than  to  do  evil  amongst  the  good. 

94 

Thou  wilt  find  treachery  dwelling  in  refinement,  but 
thou  mayest  look  for  it  in  coarseness. 

95 

Wisdom  delights  in  tranquillity,  but  folly  delights  in 
noise. 

96 

Sickness  runneth  before  a  smile  and  laughter  scat- 
tereth  a  host  of  trouble. 

97 

It  is  wiser  to  place  thy  mind  on  the  morrow's  dawn 
than  upon  yesterday's  close. 

98 

Think  only  good  and  thou  wilt  do  only  good,  for  thou 
canst  not  do  evil  whilst  thinking  good. 

99 

If  thou  dost  sorely  need,  if  thou  seekest  with  both 
physical  and  mental  energy,  thou  wilt  surely  find 
relief. 


17 


100 

[CIENCE  smiles  at  superstition  and  supersti 
tion  calls  science  unholy ;  but  time  must  bring 
the  latter  into  a  more  temperate  mood,  and 
the  proffered  hand  of  the  former  will  then  be  accepted 
in  a  right  spirit. 

101 
Whoso  speaketh  ill  of  another  defaceth  his  own  soul. 

102 

Laughter  is  a  merry  monarch  to  sit  upon  the  throne 
of  circumstance. 

103 

Gloom    shrinks    from    laughter    and    hideth    at    its 
approach. 

104 
Whoso  seeketh  knowledge  seeketh  God. 

105 

Whoso    lieth    maketh    an   indelible    stain   upon    his 
character. 

106 
Whoso  trust eth  cultivates  faith. 

107 
Whoso  grumbleth  depriveth  himself  of  ease. 

108 
Whoso  loveth  discord  inviteth  discontent. 

109 
Whoso  maketh  mischief  loveth  iniquity. 

110 

Whoso   helpeth   another   in   need   receiveth   instant 
blessing. 

ill 
Whoso    gathereth    knowledge    gaineth    contentment. 

112 

As  a  lost  moment  can  never  be  found,  it  behooves  thee 
to  be  careful  of  so  precious  a  possession. 


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113 

is  the  closing  hour  of  the  year,  and  I  ask  thee, 
O  my  soul,  art  thou  purer  than  thou  wert  when 
the  year  was  ushered  in  three  hundred  and  sixty- 
five  days  ago?  And  my  soul  answers,  Yea,  yet  it  dost 
not  tell  me  that  it  is  of  a  dazzling  whiteness ;  there 
fore  will  I  interrogate  it  one  year  hence  if  I  be  here, 
and  may  I  receive  a  prompt  and  a  pleasing  answer. 

114 
Whoso  delighteth  in  anger  seeketh  destruction. 

115 

Though  thy  life  abound  with  successes,  thou  hast 
failed  if  thou  hast  not  become  acquaint  with  thine 
own  soul. 

116 

No  one  on  earth  admires  a  scold ;  why  then  cultivate 
so  hateful  a  habit? 

117 

A  beautiful  thought  when  put  into  words  and  passed 
down  the  ages,  though  retaining  its  beauty,  loses 
something  of  force. 

118 

Quarrels  bring  discontent,  and  discontent  estrange 
ments  to  the  very  undoing  of  love. 

119 

Carry  me  a  thousand  leagues  to  sea  and  there  will  I 
find  my  God  and  my  heaven  within  my  own  self. 

120 

Why  should  I  expect  sympathy  and  love  from  the 
world  when  I  withhold  it,  and  why  should  I  with 
hold  it  when  I  crave  it? 

121 

Let  the  dew  of  wisdom  fall  upon  my  parched  soul, 
that  I  may  lift  mine  eyes  and  behold  the  bountiful 
giver  of  all  good. 

122 
Whoso    loveth    peace    most    loveth    God    and    men. 


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123 

hour  of  our  going  out  is  marked  on  the  dial 
of  life  by  the  hand  of  the  Lawgiver,  but  the 
exact  moment  is  withheld  from  us,  lest  we  take 
advantage  of  it  by  doing  too  much  or  too  little  in  our 
allotted  time. 

124 

In  our  search  for  happiness  we  often  overlook  it  by 
seeking  it  too  far  beyond  ourselves. 

125 

Sometimes  the  step  from  truth  to  falsehood  is  so 
short,  that  many,  not  perceiving  it,  stumble. 

126 
A  liar  is  a  cheat  and  therefore  not  respectable. 

127 
In  the  night  of  thy  temptation  think  of  the  morning. 

128 

As  there  is  probably  no  end  to  life,  there  probably 
never  was  a  beginning,  but  that  which  is  always  was 
in  the  various  forms  and  conditions  that  Evolu 
tion  adopts  in  its  devious  workings  toward  perfection. 

129 
To  despise  that  which  is  false  leads  to  truth. 

130 

Refrain  from  too  frequent  confession  of  thy  faults, 
lest  thy  hearers  forget  thy  virtues. 

131 
To  adore  that  which  is  beautiful  is  ennobling. 

132 

Show  me  a  man  who  loves  his  stomach  much  and  I 
will  show  thee  selfishness. 

133 

We  are  but  the  commonest  of  soil  unless  we  are 
growing  some  beautiful  characteristics. 


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134 

The  final  effect  of  passion  on  thyself  is  the  shaping  of 
a  soul  bearing  no  resemblance  to  that  which  thou 
wert  given. 

135 

Fear  is  augmented  by  ignorance  and  ignorance  is 
augmented  by  fear,  and  these  two  enemies  of  man 
are  leagued  to  undo  him. 

136 

Many  times  character  and  reputation  are  at  variance 
and  men  are  deceived,  but  the  mask  eventually  falls, 
revealing  beauty,  ugliness,  virtues  and  faults  that 
amaze  closest  friends. 

137 

To  reach  a  conclusion  without  due  process  of  reason 
ing  is  as  absurd  as  pronouncing  on  the  merits  and 
demerits  of  a  picture  before  it  is  painted. 

138 

A  bad  dog  loves  praise  no  less  than  a  good  dog.  If 
doubtful  test  this  on  both  man  and  dog. 

139 

Gather  up  the  fragments  of  the  day's  conversation 
and  perchance  thou  mayest  find  one  helpful  thought 
for  tomorrow's  need. 

140 

If  thou  hast  an  enemy  burden  him  with  obligation 
and  he  will  be  less  inclined  to  remain  near  thee. 

141 
Whatsoever  thou  hast  to  give  let  love  go  with  it. 

142 

Crime  is  so  costly  that  no  one  on  earth  is  rich  enough 
to  indulge  in  it  without  ruin. 

143 

If  thou  lettest  thy  left  hand  know  what  thy  right  hand 
doeth,  let  it  be  solely  with  the  intention  of  obtaining 
its  assistance. 


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144 

Salvation  depends  not  upon  any  belief,  but  upon  the 
doing  of  right  as  ascertained  by  reasoning  from  causes 
to  effects. 

145 
Prudence  is  economy — it  costs  less  than  folly. 

146 

Contentment  comes  to  those  whose  lives  are  ordered 
by  peace  and  justice. 

147 

Feebleness  of  mind  comes  with  feebleness  of  purpose. 

148 

When  thou  hast  a  big  porringer  thou  mayest  eat  with 
a  ladle,  but  when  thou  hast  a  little  porringer  a  ladle 
will  empty  it  too  soon  for  thy  satisfaction.  Therefore 
let  circumstances  govern  even  in  small  affairs. 

149 

If  thou  prepare  for  a  storm  in  dry  weather,  it  will 
save  thee  much  discomfort  and  thou  mayest  also 
enjoy  the  storm. 

150 

Be  direct.  If  asked  the  way  to  Rome  do  not  point  to 
the  moon. 

151 
To  predict  the  future  consult  the  present. 

152 

The  structure  we  build  we  must  live  in  forever — 
then  let  us  lay  the  foundation  with  care. 

153 

When  a  man  goes  to  sleep  under  an  apple-tree, 
trusting  that  an  apple  may  fall  into  his  mouth,  it 
is  an  evidence  of  faith  that  makes  industry  marvel. 

154 

The  field  of  knowledge  covers  the  universe,  and  the 
grass  is  always  long  for  those  who  would  browse 
therein. 


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155 

He  who  carries  a  burden  of  guilt  is  bound  to  an  iron 
master,  who  will  lash  him  whenever  he  stops  to  think, 
and  prod  him  cruelly  when  he  tries  to  forget. 

156 

The  tiniest  thought  of  evil  casts  a  shadow  athwart 
the  soul. 

157 

Whet  not  the  appetite  of  lust,  for  verily  it  will  slay 
both  body  and  mind. 

158 

The  early  fruit  of  intemperance  is  disgust ;  the  late 
fruit  disgrace. 

159 
The  light  of  the  past,  present  and  future  is  reason. 

160 
Reason  is  to  the  mind  what  the  sun  is  to  the  earth. 

161 

Neither  spendthrift  nor  miser  are  fit  for  master  nor 
servant. 

162 

The  heavy  heel  of  indifference  tramps  upon  him  who 
falls  on  the  hill  to  fortune. 

163 
To  obtain  the  best  in  life,   make  thyself  the  best. 

164 

Give  unto  every  child  that  asketh  a  fair  answer,  and 
if  in  doubt  be  not  ashamed  to  say,  "  I  know  not." 

165 

Purity  can  not  abide  with  sin,  and  it  hath  no  affinity 
for  aught  that  finds  pleasure  in  intemperance. 

166 

Be  kinder  to  thyself,  O  sinner,  for  the  day  will  come 
when  thou  wilt  weep  because  thou  hast  been  cruel  to 
thine  own  soul  and  trailed  it  in  the  mire  of  animalism. 


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167 

Whatsoever  there  is  of  good  in  me  I  dedicate  it  to 
thee,  O  infinite  and  indulgent  Father ;  and  whatso 
ever  of  evil  I  have  I  ask  deliverance  from  it,  that  I 
may  be  able  to  climb  the  heights  where  Thou  dwellest. 

168 
The  lesson  to  be  learned  today  is  thyself. 

169 

A  chronic  faultfinder  should  be  his  or  her  own  ser 
vant;  then  censure  will  partly  fall  where  it  is  due. 

170 

Hatred  is  a  subtle  and  destructive  poison,  and  its 
victims  are  numerous. 

171 

It  is  easier  to  catch  an  expression  than  to  hold  it ; 
easier  to  grasp  a  thought  than  to  retain  it,  and  most 
difficult  to  keep  a  resolution  after  making  it. 

172 

Few  are  the  joys  of  life  compared  with  the  griefs,  yet 
't  is  the  griefs  that  point  to  the  star  of  hope  and  the 
crosses  that  make  us  to  call  upon  the  All-Wise. 

173 
Safety  is  the  friend  of  caution. 

174 

Prepare  thy  mind  to  receive  one  truth  each  day  from 
the  perpetual  source  and  it  will  be  given  thee. 

175 

When  you  are  good,  be  great  if  you  can ;  and  when 
you  are  great,  be  good. 

176 

There  are  a  thousand  gates  open  to  sin,  but  only  one 
to  purity. 

177 

If  thy  heart  is  humiliated,  though  thou  mayest  nudge 
the  countenance  often,  it  will  betray  its  sympathy. 


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178 

IF  I  sigh  for  love,  I  am  laughed  at ;  if  I  beg  for 
it,  I  am  refused  ;  if  I  fight  for  it,  I  am  punished  ; 
if  I  die  for  it,  I  am  forgotten ;  if  I  barter  for  it, 
I   am  scorned.  There  is  no  way  that  I  can  obtain  it 
proudly  but  by  noble  effort. 

179 

The  pleasure  that  comes  from  viewing  beauty  should 
be  an  incentive  to  create  it  in  ourselves  and  our  sur 
roundings. 

180 

Place  a  cannon  at  the  gate  of  thy  conscience  if  neces 
sary,  to  repulse  dishonesty. 

181 

Destroy  the  root  of  evil  in  thine  own  life,  and  thou 
hast  done  much  toward  bettering  the  world. 

182 

Helpful  is  every  good  resolve,  but  most  helpful  when 
unbroken. 

183 

It  is  foolish  to  climb  the  fence  when  the  gate  is  open, 
yet  this  is  what  many  do  when  approaching  the 
Father's  house. 

184 

Be  not  laggards.  It  was  decreed  in  the  beginning  that 
man  work  out  his  own  civilization. 

185 

Without  experience  and  reflection,  progress  would 
languish. 

186 
Directness  and  sincerity  are  the  offspring  of  kindness. 

187 

The  quickness  with  which  we  find  a  fault  should 
help  us  to  as  quickly  find  a  virtue. 

188 
The  price  of  experience  is  known  to  the  buyers  of  it. 


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189 

Although  the  world  is  so  full  of  love,  it  is  so  precious 
that  money  can  not  purchase  it,  nor  begging  obtain  it. 

190 

Forget  not  thou  art  mortal,  and  thou  mayest  be 
better  prepared  for  immortality. 

191 

Solitary  indeed  is  the  condition  of  him  who  has  no 
one  to  think  about  but  himself. 

192 

Time  will  turn  the  most  poignant  grief  into  an  idyl 
that  is  good  for  the  heart  to  chant. 

193 

Tell  me  the  beginning  and  I  will  venture  a  conclusion, 
but  tell  me  the  conclusion  and  I  may  fail  to  find  the 
cause. 

194 

A  lost  opportunity  can  never  be  found,  and  most  of 
the  failures  in  life  are  the  result  of  such  loss. 

195 

The  light  that  shines  from  knowledge  is  different 
from  that  which  shines  from  wisdom. 

196 

Love  is  the  dream  of  all  ages — but  only  the  soul 
knows  the  dream  from  the  reality. 

197 

The  size  of  a  sin  is  not  measured  by  the  provocation, 
but  by  the  wrong  committed. 

198 

Keep  a  check  on  thy  imagination  if  thou  wouldst 
have  it  serve  thee  skilfully. 

199 

Danger  watcheth  every  hour  at  Folly's  door  to  gain 
entrance. 


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200 

CHE  first  sip  of  young  love  is  sweeter  than  honey, 
but   the   dregs   of  passion   are   wormwood.    Is 
there  then  no  vintage  that  men  and  women  may 
quaff  with  lasting  pleasure  ?  There  is :  the  love  that 
groweth  in  the  deep  soil  of  the  soul  beareth  fruit  from 
which  is  pressed  the  wine  of  life.   It  quencheth  all 
thirst  and  maketh  the  morning  and  the  evening  a 
delight  and  the  midday  a  blessing. 

201 

The  rulers  of  peoples,  alas !  are  neither  the  wisest  nor 
the  best ;  they  may  be  likened  to  the  gilded  ball  that 
adorns  the  flagstaff  under  which  floats  the  glorious 
flag. 

202 

It  is  wiser  to  perfect  one  gift  than  to  cultivate  many. 

203 
When  opportunity  raps  at  thy  door,  open  it. 

204 

Hesitation  is  as  close  to  success  as  to  disaster. 

205 
A  bright  thought  is  the  reflection  of  a  divine  ray. 

206 
He  who  speaketh  to  wound    must    sometime  suffer. 

207 

Fear  not :  All  that  befalls  thee  may  be  added  to  thy 
strength  and  symmetry  if  thou  wilt  utilize  with  skill. 

208 
Ask  not  for  a  deluge,  but  be  content  with  showers. 

209 
A  forecast  of  tomorrow  is  the  preparation  of  today. 

210 

As  a  last  resort,  ask  yourself  of  the  things  that  per 
plex,  and  thou  mayest  receive  the  best  advice. 


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211 

Listen,  thou  who  lovest  Nature,  she  whispers  softly, 
and  much  that  she  would  impart  is  lost  if  ear  be  dull. 

212 

Language  may  fail  thee  when  beholding  art,  but 
thought  never. 

213 

The  visions  of  the  mind  please  as  much  as  the  scenes 
spread  before  the  eye. 

214 

To  appear  noble  before  thine  own  soul  is  more  than 
thou  canst  do. 

215 

The  doubt  of  immortality  is  the  present  inferno  of 
the  doubter. 

216 
Verily  he  who  serves  habit  hath  a  pitiless  master. 

217 

Idle  curiosity  consumeth  the  hours  and  maketh 
waste  the  mind. 

218 

He  who  striketh  with  spite  must  some  day  bare  his 
own  back  to  the  same  rod. 

219 

He  who  covereth  his  sins  carefully  from  his  friends 
exposeth  his  guilt  plainly  to  himself. 

220 

Whoso  prepareth  a  feast  and  inviteth  no  man  to  it 
hath  no  joy  in  partaking. 

221 

When  the  clerical  shepherd  slips  on  the  path  of  recti 
tude,  the  sheep  bleat  and  the  wolves  howl. 

222 

The  voice  of  the  imagination  whispereth  so  many 
strange  things  that  it  is  often  rebuked  when  it 
whispereth  truly. 


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223 

The   closer   thou   canst   get   to   the   prosperous,    the 
greater  thy  chance  that  prosperity  may  smile  on  thee. 

224 
Whoso  runneth  after  an  enemy  runneth  after  trouble. 

225 

Whoso  bareth  his  heart  inviteth  a  thrust. 

226 

Silence  and  thought  are  the  closest  of  companions: 
when  the  world  is  shut  out,  they  muse  by  the  hour. 

227 

There  are  none  so  superficial  but  what  greatness  will 
impress. 

228 
The  source  of  a  gift  makes  it  precious  or  burdensome. 

229 

Most  blest  of  men  is  he  whom  the  pursuit  of  knowl 
edge  satisfies. 

230 

The  skill  acquired  in  the  art  of  deception  can  be  put 
to  no  other  use. 

231 

Generosity  begins  at  the  point  that  selfishness  ter 
minates. 

232 

That  which  we  like  not  is  ever  at  our  elbow. 

233 

Form  is  eternal,   but  shapes  come  and  go  like  the 
butterflies  of  the  Summertime. 

234 
Innocence  hath  much  faith  in  guilt. 

235 

When  thou  hast  learned  the  art  of  true  living,  thou 
wilt  know  the  best  from  the  worst. 


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236 

generations  of  men  that  come  and  go  upon 
the  earth  leave  an  unseen  impress  on  all  things, 
and  the  reading  thereof  would  make  the  true 
history  of  man. 

237 

The  first  thought  of  the  pure  mind  against  the  wicked 
is  condemnation  ;  the  second,  pity ;  and  the  last,  love. 

238 
Occasional  falsehoods  make  frequent  doubts. 

239 

Humiliation  follows  debasement  until  the  moral 
nature  is  ossified. 

240 
Defeat  runs  after  chance  oftener  than  after  method. 

241 

He  who  walks  with  prudence  walks  with  good  com 
pany,  and  though  perchance  not  always  brilliant  it 
never  leads  to  dishonor. 

242 

Whichever  way  men  go  trouble  interferes  to  prevent 
perfect  pleasure. 

243 

In  the  pathway  of  chance  the  least  coveted  springeth 
up,  whilst  the  most  wanted  speedeth  afar. 

244 

Be  thyself,  whatever  and  whoever  confronts  thee, 
and  thou  wilt  feel  better  than  to  play  a  part. 

245 

It  is  more  agreeable  to  commend  than  to  complain, 
and  were  there  more  commending  the  causes  for 
complaints  would  diminish. 

246 

Bitterness  follows  every  moral  defeat  as  naturally  as 
ecstacy  follows  victory. 


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247 

CHE  domain  of  science  is  wide  enough  to  con 
tain  all  the  religions  of  earth,  and  into  it  will 
they  all  eventually  slip  and  become  scientific, 
and  then  may  they  hope  to  live  alway. 

248 

The  greatest  of  thieves  is  slothfulness :  it  robs  of 
time,  industry,  energy,  pleasure  and  the  achievement 
of  anything  that  life  holds  precious. 

249 

The  fiercest  storm  that  beats  is  against  despoiled 
virtue. 

250 
Inasmuch  as  ye  are  not  just  ye  are  degraded. 

251 
A  Liar  is  a  robber  of  Truth. 

252 

Inexperience  has  no  defense  against  the  wiles  of 
experience,  and  what  is  often  condemned  as  lack  of 
sense  is  really  too  great  faith. 

253 

The  next  life  is  a  sequel  to  this,  and  the  closing 
chapter  of  the  first  book  is  an  indication  of  the  open 
ing  chapter  of  book  second. 

254 

Wherever  thou  findest  a  fault,  immediately  look  forv 
a  virtue. 

255 

To  coerce  a  man  to  accept  views  contrary  to  his 
reason  is  like  thrusting  his  head  into  a  cask  and 
expecting  demonstration  of  joy  thereat. 

256 
Inability  to  select  ancestors  should  make  us  decent. 

257 

When  the  people  are  careless  the  weeds  grow  tall. 


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258 

When  sporting  with  riches,  have  a  care  lest  thou 
strike  against  the  sharp  corners  of  uncharitableness. 

259 

Freedom  is  not  wholly  ours  until  we  can  form  our 
own  opinion  without  the  bias  of  dictators. 

,  260 

Be  thyself,  however  odd,  rather  than  an  imitator  of 
another. 

261 

Without  discrimination  we  grope  in  darkness,  and 
when  we  fall  we  blame  the  obstacle  which  tripped  us, 
instead  of  berating  ourselves  as  we  ought. 

262 

From  the  high  mountains  of  science  are  the  new 
writings  to  be  given  to  the  waiting  multitude  below. 

263 

Ethics  inhere  in  the  constitution  of  man,  and  when 
developed  and  comprehended  he  will  require  no 
restraints  and  demand  no  liberties,  for  he  will  know 
the  code. 

264 

When  thou  findest  peace  thou  hast  found  a  jewel  of 
heaven. 

265 

Free  expression  of  thought  makes  vigorous  growth 
of  mind. 

266 

Miracles  will  be  wrought  when  chance  supersedes 
order,  therefore  they  are  neither  probable  nor 
desirable. 

267 

A  lengthy  debate  does  not  argue  ability,  nor  an  angry 
one  wisdom. 

268 

The  truth  is  abrupt  when  frequently  a  falsehood  is 
polite,  which  is  the  only  thing  pleasing  about  it. 


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269 

walking  in  pleasant  avenues  amid  the 
exotics  and  the  fragrance  of  life,  we  scarce  think 
of  the  toilers  on  the  dusty  highways  and  those 
who  live  in  the  swamps  of  crime  or  beg  on  the  barren 
planes  of  want ;  but  should  our  own  steps  be  turned 
hitherward  by  a  freak  of  misfortune,  we  would  then 
perceive  that  there  are  the  same  gradings  and  shadings 
of  character  in  unpleasant  as  in  pleasant  places. 

270 

The  design  of  making  man  is  not  very  apparent,  but 
we  know  it  was  not  for  idleness  but  for  work. 

271 
Improvidence  is  the  almshouse  turnpike. 

272 

The  riches  of  the  rich  and  the  poverty  of  the  poor  are 
not  sins  ;  but  the  manner  of  arriving  at  these  antipodes 
may  count  against  them  in  the  great  day  of  their 
demise. 

273 

Society  is  not  regulated  by  its  extremes,  but  by  the 
great  middle  public,  who  harmonize  the  two  antago 
nistic  ends. 

274 

To  arraign  poverty  against  wealth  is  to  apply  the 
consuming  torch  to  the  arts  and  sciences. 

275 

Society  of  all  grades  admires  itself  and  looks  with 
distrust  upon  outsiders. 

276 

For  riches  to  grind  want  is  to  sharpen  the  blade  where 
with  to  decapitate  itself. 

277 

On  the  margin  of  thy  memory  write  duty,  and  on  thy 
heart  write  love ;  then  art  thou  ready  to  be  inter 
rogated  by  thy  conscience  and  acquitted  of  neglect. 


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278 

once  awakened  to  the  fact  that  danger 
lurks  in  every  error,  there  will  be  more  indi- 
vidual  thinking  along  religious  lines,  and  less 
willingness  to  accept  without  investigation  the  cut 
and  dried  systems  of  a  less  enlightened  era. 

279 

The  opening  of  a  flower  is  the  spirit  within  seeking 
material  expression,  the  better  to  perform  its  beauti 
ful  mission. 

280 
Hunger  is  the  shadow  of  imprudence. 

281 

Meddlers  will  scratch  in  the  domestic  garden  despite 
all  efforts  to  keep  them  out. 

282 

With  truth  thou  mayest  go  to  the  ends  of  the  earth 
with  safety,  but  it  is  dangerous  to  travel  a  league 
with  a  lie. 

283 

Twenty  bad  men  wield  not  so  much  influence  in  a 
community  as  one  good  man  who  speaks  his  con 
victions  and  lives  his  principles. 

284 

Give  a  dog  a  bad  name  if  he  bites,  but  call  him  a  good 
dog  as  long  as  possible. 

285 

If  thou  hast  set  the  target  of  ambition  high  it  is 
foolish  to  aim  low. 

286 

Harmony  proceedeth  from  all  Nature,  but  whence 
cometh  melody  to  man?  It  seemeth  not  to  be  by  his 
own  skill,  but  an  inflow  from  the  source  of  perpetual 
supply. 

287 
The  valley  giveth  repose,  but  the  mountains  inspire. 


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288 

declareth  himself  made  in  the  image  of 
God  ;  of  this,  he  hath  no  evidence,  but  when  he 
shall  have  passed  through  the  countless  changes 
ahead  of  him,  he  must  be  more  beautiful,  and  then  it 
may  be  less  vain  to  claim  resemblance  than  in  his 
present  plainness  and  crudity. 

289 
All  words  that  picture  evil  are  creative  of  evil. 

290 

Youth  is  frolicsome ;  but  age  is  not  as  tolerant  of 
play  as  it  were  well  to  be  when  nearing  the  great 
leap  of  life. 

291 

Keep  young,  though  thy  years  be  counted  by  gener 
ations. 

292 

If  thou  hast  words  and  the  freedom  to  use  them,  thou 
needest  little  defense  beside. 

293 

A  lesson  in  prudence  may  be  gained  by  youth  by 
asking  of  age. 

294 

To  quarrel  with  thy  brother  offends  the  majesty  of 
thy  being. 

295 

The  closer  a  man  lives  to  his  convictions,  the  closer  he 
lives  to  his  God. 

296 

Full  many  an  hour  of  torture  in  facial  embellishments 
is  spent,  only  to  make  vanity  the  greater  and  time 
more  revengeful. 

297 

The  passage  across  the  channel  of  death  may  be  one 
of  pleasure,  anxiety  or  distress,  but  it  is  tolerably 
certain  that  travelers  will  reach  the  farther  shore  in 
about  the  same  condition  of  mind  that  they  leave  this. 


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298 

rACH  day  gather  up  the  kind  words  and  kind 
deeds  and  tie  them  in  a  bundle,  and  gather  the 
unkind  words  and  acts  and  tie  them  in  another 
— then  weigh  them  in  the  scales  of  justice  to  determine 
thy  shortcomings. 

299 

Acquaint  thyself  with  thy  relation  to  Nature  and  thou 
wilt  be  more  respectful  to  thy  body. 

300 
The  way  to  happiness  is  always  upward. 

301 

Soul -growth  depends  on  the  thought-soil  in  which  it 
is  embedded. 

302 

Because  Selfishness  is  extant,  there  is  no  human 
judgment  that  is  impartial. 

303 

Is  thy  soul  white,  or  is  it  black — ask  thyself  this 
question  often  and  answer  it  candidly  until  the  answer 
causeth  thee  no  shame. 

304 

He  who  labors  for  hire  hath  little  of  enthusiasm,  but 
he  who  executes  the  commands  of  his  own  brain  hath 
most  there  is. 

305 

Be  not  in  haste  to  overcome  the  sins  of  others  until 
thou  hast  partially  overcome  thine  own.  Whereas  a 
missionary  may  proselyte  he  can  not  make  better 
unless  practising  his  precepts. 

306 

We  are  a  little  nearer  heaven  when  we  live  in  the 
upper  stories  of  the  mind  than  when  we  stay  in  the 
cellar. 

307 
The  solace  of  a  broken  heart  is  the  promise  of  death. 


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308 

The  easiest  way  is  the  best  way  only  when  the  best 
way  is  the  easiest  way. 

309 

Wherever  thou  dost  find  want,  thou  wilt  find  vice 
not  afar. 

310 

The  present  enlightenment  of  the  world  came  not  by 
chance  but  by  design — not  through  the  back  brain 
but  through  the  development  of  the  intellectual 
faculties. 

311 

As  the  third  and  fourth  generations  will  bless  or  curse 
thee,  be  never  swift  to  sever  the  conjugal  tie  nor  in 
haste  to  tie  it. 

312 

The  fate  that  awaits  the  seducer  is  the  same  with 
embellishments  that  awaits  any  thief. 

313 

The  exercise  of  patience  in  regard  to  a  fault  is  well, 
but  exercise  it  not  until  it  becomes  endurance,  for 
then  it  is  nigh  to  sanctioning  wrong. 

314 
The   privilege  of  want   is   asking,  and   the  privilege 

of  nlentv  is  cm/incr 


^_    _      —  o  _ 

of  plenty  is  giving. 


315 

Enter  no  more  into  worry,  e'en  though  the  door  be 
open  wide  and  the  mistress  of  calamity  stand  within 
the  portals  calling  thee. 

316 

Meet  the  ills  of  life  like  a  true  disciple  of  reason,  know 
ing  that  that  which  has  befallen  thee  can  not  be 
changed  and  that  that  which  threatens  may  never 
be  if  today  due  precaution  be  exercised. 

317 
The  full  sweetness  of  love  comes  after  separation. 


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318 

I  SAY  unto  thee,  O  sufferer,  though  thou  mayest 
think  life  a  burden  too  heavy  to  bear,  stay  with 
thy   body   until  Nature  severs   the   cord   that 
binds  thee  to  the  lower  kingdom  and  ushers  thee  to 
the  higher  life,  but  go  not  unbidden,  for  it  will  not  be 
well  for  thy  soul's  happiness. 

319 

The  highest  achievement  has  been  attained  by  man 
when  he  is  absolute  monarch  of  himself;  then  his 
health  and  happiness  are  subject  to  his  own  rulings. 

320 

The  proprieties  of  life  are  best  conserved  by  kind 
ness  and  love. 

321 

Be  not  profligate  of  time,  for  thou  hast  not  enough  for 
thy  tasks. 

322 

If  a  man  respect  himself,  why  does  he  permit  his 
conduct  openly  to  insult  him  ? 

323 
The  degradation  of  the  body  is  insolence  to  God. 

324 

Wherefore  look  ye  for  peace  without  when  there  is 
war  within  ? 

325 
Health    declines    the    companionship    of    inaction. 

326 

The  way  to  success  is  tortuous,  but  the  way  from  it 
is  so  plain  that  a  fool  never  misses  it. 

327 
Vanity  findeth  no  lodgment  with  wisdom. 

328 

Whenever  scandal  waits  on  thy  doorstep  send  it  away 
before  thy  neighbors  adjust  their  lorgnettes. 


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329 

V?=^OLD  a  candle  close  to  the  inner  chambers  of 
J[  I  thy  mind,  to  see  if  thou  canst  find  a  thought 
worthy  of  expression,  and  if  thou  dost,  bring 
it  forth,  clothe  it  decently  and  send  it  out  as  a  mis 
sionary — yea,  if  thou  hast  many  missionaries  in  the 
fields  of  ignorance  it  is  creditable. 

330 

Fill  my  upraised  hands,  O  ye  unseen  Intelligences, 
with  that  which  is  needful  to  nourish  my  spirit  on  its 
daily  pilgrimage. 

331 

Blazon  this  fact  to  the  world  that  vice  will  some  day 
be  slain  by  knowledge. 

332 

When  self-pity  and  melancholy  are  associated,  happi 
ness  seeks  other  society. 

333 

The  future  is  what  the  present  decrees.  If  thou  wilt 
learn  thy  lesson  today  the  experience  will  not  be 
repeated  tomorrow. 

334 

The  fact  that  alcohol  returns  no  one's  love  should 
make  every  one  too  proud  to  run  after  it. 

335 

When  youth  dashes  impatiently  past  infirmity,  it  will 
meet  it  again  at  the  end  of  the  road. 

336 

Crime  is  the  fruit  of  ignorance,  and  ignorance  is  the 
fruit  of  ignorance. 

337 

A  slave  will  serve  the  master,  but  the  master  never 
serves  the  slave — if  thou  serve  sin  all  thy  life  thou 
art  still  a  slave. 

338 
When  the  heart  is  nigh  broken,  pride  will  strengthen  it. 


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339 

QLACE  thy  form  in  the  inspection  chair  and  let 
thy  mind  walk  across  the  room  and  criticize — 
then  wilt  thou  be  doing  as  thou  hast  done  to 
others,  and  if  thou  be  fair,  thou  wilt  observe  as  much 
that  is  awry  in  thyself  as  in  thy  visitor,  though  the 
faults  be  dissimilar. 

340 

The  frequency  of  blunders  maketh  impossible  con 
stant  peace. 

341 

Ostentation  loves  money,  though  money  does  not 
always  love  ostentation. 

342 

Gratitude  is  the  word  of  love  that  dwelleth  in  the 
heart. 

343 

Conscience  speaks  harshly  or  tenderly  according  to 
the  deeds  done. 

344 
Hatred  pouts,  but  love  laughs  all  day. 

345 
Capriciousness  is  both  selfish  and  self-willed. 

346 

Women  love  peace  more  than  war  because  they  love 
men. 

347 

Thou  mayest  purchase  cloth  wherewith  to  drape  thy 
body,  but  thy  soul  covering  thou  must  weave  for 
thyself. 

348 

The  coming  of  another  day  portends  the  repetition 
of  the  faults  of  this. 

349 

An  official  who  respects  himself,  respects  his  office, 
but  a  defaulter,  alas !  and  an  unworthy  incumbent  is 
wholly  lacking  in  pride,  though  vanity  may  possess 
him  and  lead  him  to  disgrace. 


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350 

TWENTIETH-CENTURY  theologian  may 
be  no  better  than  an  earlier  one,  but  he  is  so 
different  that  the  two  would  not  be  harmonious 
together,  and  the  next  century  will  produce  a  species 
altogether  different  from  any  heretofore  found.  Most 
of  the  dogmas  now  cherished  as  truths  will  be  declared 
the  illusions  of  children,  and  many  of  the  conceptions 
of  God  the  speculations  of  the  feeble-minded. 

351 

Let  the  blind  congratulate  themselves  that  they  see 
not  the  iniquity  that  lies  about  them. 

352 

It  is  a  waste  of  time  to  affirm  the  infallibility  of  past 
or  present  religion,  as  the  progressive  future  may 
refute  it. 

353 

As  the  completion  of  any  science  is  unattainable  in 
this  world,  it  is  pleasant  to  contemplate  the  possibility 
of  great  minds  pursuing  congenial  occupations  beyond 
the  limitations  of  the  flesh. 

354 

It  is  easier  to  swallow  praise  than  censure,  for  one  is 
sweet  and  the  other  bitter. 

355 

The  thoughts  when  ruffled  are  quickest  smoothed  by 
the  introduction  of  impersonal  subjects. 

356 

The  artistic  and  poetic  are  friends  in  thought  oftener 
than  in  person. 

357 

Vulgarity  demands  conspicuousness,  but  refinement  is 
content  without  it. 

358 

Nature  runs  her  course  and  man  his,  but  if  he  would 
always  run  with  Nature  and  not  in  contrary  direction, 
he  would  have  fewer  mishaps  and  longer  life. 


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359 

Too  much  value  can  not  be  placed  on  self-culture,  as 
upon  the  individual  depends  the  whole  structure  of 
society. 

360 

When  the  interval  is  very  long  between  the  sowing 
and  the  sprouting,  doubt  uproots  much  of  the  seed* 

361 

We  are  prone  to  heap  the  faults  of  others  to  cover  our 
own. 

362 
The  easiest  way  to  forget  a  wrong  is  to  do  a  rightT? 

363 

Love  of  justice  must  be  established  in  the  hearts  of 
men  ere  they  can  walk  with  God. 

364 

Add  the  column  of  thy  good  deeds  and  of  thy  bad 
deeds  and  then  compare  and  ponder  the  answer. 

365 

Methinks  the  gateway  of  heaven  has  frequently  been 
left  ajar  by  the  countless  angels  who  have  ascended 
from  the  firesides  of  earth. 

366 

The  most  inconsistent  thing  about  prohibition  is  the 
intemperance  of  the  name. 

367 

He  who  goeth  from  the  world  with  an  empty  head  will 
be  in  a  sorry  plight  in  the  next. 

368 

The  tides  of  life  beat  ceaselessly  on  the  shores  of  time, 
bringing  in  and  carrying  out  love  with  the  ebb  and 
flow. 

369 

In  the  midsummer  of  years  be  admonished  that  thou 
art  halfway  to  the  midwinter  when  Nature  sleeps. 


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370 

night  touches  the  eyelids,  slumber  cometh 
near  and  it  is  unsafe  to  interfere  with  the 
approach  of  the  drowsy  god,  because  he  is 
revengeful  and  when  again  summoned  may  refuse  to 
approach,  but  stands  afar  and  mocks  and  jeers  at 
hapless  man  whose  very  life  depends  upon  him. 

371 
An  indelible  stain — self-abasement. 

372 

As  it  is  dangerous  to  play  with  fire,  why  not,  O  cruel 
man,  let  reason  extinguish  the  fires  of  hell  before 
more  of  earth's  children  are  burnt ! 

373 

Heareth  one  the  smallest  voice  of  compassion  above 
the  roar  of  condemnation  it  soundeth  like  a  sweet 
note  through  the  clanging  discord. 

374 

One  can  not  judge  of  the  flavor  of  the  pudding  by 
chewing  the  pudding-bag  string,  yet  such  is  super 
ficial  judgment. 

375 
Mankind   suffers  more   from   greed   than   pestilence. 

376 

The  poverty  that  attends  a  sour  nature  is  without 
mitigation. 

377 

Everywhere  temptation  hovers  over  the  weak,  and 
that  they  fall  not  oftener,  give  them  praise. 

378 

Nothing  is  more  agreeable  than  a  clear  conscience, 
and  there  is  no  more  troublous  possession  than  an 
accusing  one. 

379 

Whenever  a  romantic  mind  meets  the  unromantic 
world,  disillusion  is  watching  around  the  corner. 


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380 

there  is  harmony  there  is  growth,  but 
w^ere  discord  reigns  the  soul  can  not  put  forth 
new  branches,  neither  can  it  bud  and  blossom 
in  the  blasts  of  discontent  nor  bear  fruit  in  the  chill 
of  repining. 

381 

The  view  that  a  man  takes  of  religion  is  according 
to  the  measure  of  his  reason. 

382 

It  is  well-nigh  impossible  to  find  courage  in  the 
uncertainty  of  adversity. 

383 

Proclaim  not  thy  successes  to  the  poor  nor  thy 
failures  to  the  rich. 

384 

Look  to  age  for  instruction,  to  youth  for  enthusiasm, 
and  to  childhood  for  affection. 

385 

Ere  thou  sleepest  at  night  request  thy  soul  to  pro 
tect  its  tenement  until  the  spirit  returns  from  its 
starry  pilgrimage. 

386 

Love  may  not  increase  with  much  religion,  but  it  will 
increase  many-fold  with  wisdom. 

387 
Be  ever  ready  to  listen,  then  be  ever  ready  to  gain. 

388 
Whoso   deceive th   diggeth   a   pit   for   his   own   soul. 

389 

In  whatsoever  degree  thou  findest  truth,  in  that 
degree  thou  findest  God. 

390 

Whenever  light  breaks  through  the  darkness  of  thy 
mind  it  gives  thee  an  opportunity  to  dust  the  corners. 


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391 

H  CAUTIOUS    man,    when    he    resides    among 
thieves,  will  bar  his  door  when  he  sleeps,  and 
if  all  doors  in  a  community  are  locked  it  is  a 
sign  to  the  people  that  the  pulpits  should  abandon 
doctrine  and  preach  ethics. 

392 
A  pretender  is  an  offender. 

393 

Whatever  adds  to  the  happiness  of  life,  adds  to  its 
value,  making  it  a  more  precious  legacy  for  thy 
children. 

394 
Idleness  is  the  dry  rot  of  existence. 

395 

The  only  work  that  indolence  does  cheerfully  is  the 
digging  of  its  own  grave. 

396 

Father  Time  cuts  off  a  yearly  coupon  of  experience 
for  each  of  his  children,  for  which  he  receives  as  many 
curses  as  thanks. 

397 

A  domestic  breeze  capsizes  love  and  sometimes 
drowns  it. 

398 

Tomorrow  is  the  unspotted  page  of  a  new  day.  What 
intend  ye  to  write  upon  it? 

399 
Heroism  is  the  morning  star  of  unselfishness. 

400 

There  are  countless  paths  that  lead  to  God,  for  no 
man  treads  another's. 

401 

Symbolism  is  never  exhausted,  flowing  like  a  per 
petual  stream  on  and  on  through  all  the  ages  and 
laving  the  banks  of  every  literature  and  religion. 


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402 

sounds  strange  to  say  that  the  family  skeleton 
is  a  lively  member  of  the  household,  but  it  is 
ever  ready  to  dance  for  company  and  to  rattle 
its  bones  for  the  entertainment  of  the  villagers,  to 
grin  at  the  stranger  or  to  mock  at  decorum. 

403 

When  virtue  tells  its  wrongs  to  the  world,  its  utterance 
is  prompted  by  bitterness,  for  love  is  ever  silent  when 
dishonored. 

404 

It  is  erroneously  supposed  by  the  uninitiated  that 
much  money  maketh  a  man  bold,  whereas  it  maketh 
him  a  quaking  coward  and  to  feel  like  a  mark  for 
destruction. 

405 

We  must  acknowledge  that  a  cloudless  sky  is  not 
more  beautiful  than  when  it  is  flecked  with  prismatic 
colors. 

406 

Though  thy  worldly  condition  be  that  of  poverty, 
keep  not  thy  mind  from  its  own  rich  estate — then 
wilt  not  thy  surroundings  degrade  thee,  nor  thy 
soul  be  deprived  of  its  birthright. 

407 

A  judgment  shall  fall  upon  him  who  continues  in 
deception,  for  he  constantly  tugs  at  the  pillars  that 
support  the  structure  above  his  own  head. 

408 

It  is  not  more  laborious  to  utter  sense  than  nonsense, 
truth  than  falsehood,  though  the  preponderance  of 
evidence  is  to  the  contrary. 

409 

O  night,  wrap  me  about  with  thy  dark  robe  and 
protect  me  from  fear  as  thou  leadest  me  toward  the 
morn.  O  day,  most  bright  and  beautiful,  illumine  my 
soul  that  I  may  walk  with  safety  toward  the  night. 


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410 

HETTERS  are  the  white-winged  birds  of  thought, 
flitting  here  and   there  amongst  the  high  and 
low   branches    of   society,    sometimes   bursting 
into  melody  or  trilling  of  sorrow,  and  not  a  few  preen 
their  feathers  and  chirp  only  of  themselves. 

411 

In  the  doing  of  good  works  it  is  not  altogether 
reprehensible  to  let  it  be  known,  as  it  may  stimulate 
others  to  imitate,  and  for  similar  reasons  thy  evil 
deeds  were  best  closeted. 

412 

There  are  many  stations  up  the  mountain  of  wisdom, 
and  only  the  perfect  man  will  reach  the  pinnacle. 

413 

If  we  take  a  clear  view  of  an  enemy  we  will  not  say 
that  he  is  mean  and  despicable,  but  that  he  is  unhappy. 

414 

An  illumined  mind  is  brighter  than  the  electrifying 
thought  which  it  gives  to  the  groping  world. 

415 

Hoary  with  age  are  the  great  religions,  yet  only  a 
fraction  of  truth  has  been  revealed  to  priesthood  or 
laity. 

416 
Faith  is  not  best  when  knowledge  is  attainable. 

417 

Mercy  is  a  product  of  civilization ;  and  while  cruelty 
is  expressed  by  word  or  act,  evolution  will  continue 
its  reformatory  work  until  all  men  and  all  religions  are 
brought  under  the  subjection  of  kindness  and  benev 
olence. 

418 

Science,  by  its  scientific  methods,  will  eventually 
make  men  sharers  in  God's  work  and  the  secret 
laboratories  will  be  opened  to  the  honest  laborer. 


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419 

So  galling  are  the  chains  of  intemperance  that  when 
once  worn  the  scars  can  not  be  effaced. 

420 

The  outcome  of  argument  is  oftener  anger  than  con 
viction. 

421 

When  enemies  meet,  words  must  be  weighed.  When 
friends  meet,  this  trouble  can  be  dispensed  with. 

422 
Palaces  are  not  freer  from  care  than  cottages. 

423 

To  denounce  a  subject  without  a  full  understanding 
of  it  is  the  fool's  privilege. 

424 
Immodesty   defileth   the   holy   temple   of  the   spirit. 

425 

To  crawl  through  the  window  when  the  door  is  open 
serves  no  useful  purpose.  Yet  millions  today  are 
crawling  through  the  narrow  windows  of  super 
stition  when  the  broad  doors  of  reason  are  wide  open. 

426 

To  get  away  from  self  is  a  more  difficult  feat  than 
any  man  has  yet  accomplished. 

427 

Every  soul  should  have  a  glimpse  of  Paradise  while 
on  earth,  but  this  will  only  be  possible  through  self- 
purification. 

428 

The  midnight  of  superstition  is  passed  and  we  are 
now  in  the  early  morning  hours  of  reason. 

429 

Though  an  untruth  were  uttered  by  ten  thousand 
voices  from  Alpha  to  Omega,  it  would  be  a  lie  forever. 


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430 

Immorality  has  been  the  great  sin  of  all  ages,  and  as 
civilization  advances  it  keeps  pace;  what  shall  be 
done  to  destroy  the  monster  ?  This  is  a  closer  question 
than  any  pertaining  to  creed  or  dogma  and  of  more 
importance  to  salvation. 

431 

The  memory  of  a  wrong  deed  must  live  longer  than 
the  effects  of  the  deed,  for  on  the  soul  that  thou 
takest  to  the  Border-Land,  is  it  graven  in  letters  that 
are  enduring. 

432 

The  danger  of  a  too  intimate  acquaintance  with  evil 
is  its  blighting  effect  on  the  soul. 

433 

Never  permit  Satan  to  walk  in  front  of  you.  If  you 
must  take  him  along  make  him  walk  behind. 

434 
Perfect  peace  is  but  a  beautiful  dream. 

435 

When  the  wheel  of  fortune  sinks  deep  in  the  mire  it 
is  more  sensible  to  get  off  and  try  to  lift  it  out  than  to 
sit  on  the  load  and  complain. 

436 

When  thou  speakest  without  fervor  thou  speakest 
without  effect. 

437 

We  can  not  hit  the  mark  if  the  range  is  too  long  for 
our  musket. 

438 

In  the  evening  of  care  and  suffering  must  be  paid  the 
debts  of  the  misspent  morning. 

439 

The  mind  is  the  most  wonderful  of  all  storehouses, 
and  there  is  nothing  in  science,  art  or  letters  that  has 
not  been  given  a  place  in  one  of  the  many. 


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440 

Life  is  a  blessing  but  death  is  glorious,  for  it  liberates 
the  imprisoned  spirit  and  opens  wider  the  gates  of 
knowledge. 

441 

Retrospection  is  pleasurable  along  the  line  of  duty, 
but  along  the  line  of  regret  it  is  harrowing. 

442 

What  a  mistake  we  make  when  we  think  no  one  sees 
us  when  we  do  wrong !  Our  own  spirit  looking  through 
our  mortal  vision  sees  our  acts  and  condemns ;  and  if 
our  own  can  do  this,  probably  many  others  can. 


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443 

HE  fate  of  all  who  climb  the  moun 
tain  of  learning  is  alike  :  they  die 
before  they  reach  the  pinnacle, 
and  the  ascent  from  the  base  is 
marked  with  graves  and  on  the 
headstones  are  graven  illustrious 
names  but  for  whom  the  world 
would  be  a  region  of  desolation 
and  an  unhallowed  spot.  Rise, 
ye  who  are  aweary,  and  go  a  little  higher  ere  ye  fall ; 
ye  will  not  be  sepulchered  in  another's  tomb,  but  will 
rest  in  thine  own  niche,  and  this  shall  be  writ  on  thy 
slab:  He  shall  not  be  judged  finally  by  comparison, 
but  by  love. 

444 

When  triumphant  from  a  race  thou  leavest  some  one 
in  disgrace. 

445 
Be  quick  to  silence  thy  temper,  lest  it  disgrace  thee. 

446 

The  honors  of  life  belong  to  them  who  make  the 
noblest  record ;  and  whether  it  be  public  or  private, 
the  hero  will  be  decorated  in  the  home  of  souls, 
though  he  be  the  most  obscure  of  earth's  toilers. 

447 

O  bountiful  supply,  we  thank  thee  that  thou  givest 
us  each  day  that  which  we  need  for  our  growth. 

448 

He  who  can  endure  seldom  misses  the  goal  for  which 
he  strives. 

449 

The  sweetness  of  wisdom  lingers  when  one  has  tasted 
the  fruit  of  knowledge. 

450 

The  ingrate  maketh  many  to  want,  and  oft  lacketh 
himself  because  he  is  what  he  is. 


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451 

frequency  with  which  men  deny  the  churchly 
notion  of  God  is  evidence  of  thought  upon  the 
subject ;  and  though  thy  God  or  my  God  may 
not  be  acceptable,  the  other  man's  God  may  fill  the 
universe,  and  he  be  content  and  mild  when  they 
who  differ  condemn  him  because  he  sees  with  his  own 
eyes  and  listens  with  his  own  instead  of  a  borrowed 
ear. 

452 

We  come  to  vexation  soon  when  we  incite  hate,  and 
to  peace  soon  when  we  breathe  only  love. 

453 

The  young  and  innocent  have  no  redress  when 
despoiled  by  age  and  vice. 

454 

The  first  taste  of  intemperance  is  shame,  the  final 
shamelessness. 

455 

If  thou  hast  opportunity  to  do  thy  brother  a  kindness 
and  it  seemeth  to  thee  right,  be  not  deterred  by  the 
thought  that  the  world  may  not  applaud. 

456 

Fashion  mocks  antiquity,  yet  borrows  from  it  every 
time  it  turns  about,  exclaiming,  "  this  is  new  and  that 
is  new,"  whereas  it  is  only  evolution  on  the  fashion 
able  plane. 

457 

The  wiles  of  sin  are  shocking  to  the  balanced.  'T  is 
only  the  unbalanced  that  are  pleased. 

458 

Dost  thy  mind  vibrate  with  the  fresh  thought  of 
the  day  or  hast  thy  mind  run  down  and  the  pendulum 
ceased  to  swing?  If  so,  wind  it  quickly  and  let 
it  point  to  the  exact  hour,  for  a  mind  behind  the  age  is 
like  a  clock  behind  the  time,  a  deceptive  and  unreliable 
indicator  when  journeying  through  the  world. 


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459 

keenest  satire  on  man's  demand  for  freedom 
is  his  desire  for  the  things  that  enslave.  When 
he  is  given  liberty  he  can  not  exercise  it, 
because  of  the  shackles  of  habit  he  has  forged  for 
himself  and  weareth  even  with  vanity  and  boasting 
in  the  presence  of  the  free. 

460 

Heretofore  all  sin  has  been  attributed  to  the  devil ; 
but  in  this  day  and  generation,  sin  is  known  to  be 
some  degree  of  ignorance. 

461 

The  great  value  of  innocence  is  not  appreciated  until 
guilt  steals  it. 

462 

That  which  makes  a  man  successful  is  not  so  much 
what  he  knows  of  the  past,  as  his  insight  into  the 
future. 

463 

The  bloom  of  youth  is  not  more  beautiful  than  the 
ripeness  of  years. 

464 

The  possibilities  of  life  are  more  wonderful  than  its 
probabilities. 

465 

An  advocate  of  truth  needs  no  stronger  associate  or 
ally. 

466 
If  thou  must  repeat  gossip,  be  fair  in  thy  version. 

467 

Pleasures  that  amuse  are  more  needed  by  mental 
toilers  than  those  which  spur  the  brain  to  a  gallop  up 
the  hill  of  research. 

468 

The  immature  idea  was  mechanical  creation,  which 
so  offended  the  mature  and  rational  mind  that  evo 
lution  was  substituted  with  gladness  and  relief. 


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469 

life  of  intellectuality  and  the  life  of  imbecil- 
ity  vary  not  in  the  economy  of  Nature,  and  in 
the  end  of  many  cycles  the  latter  will  have 
become  like  the  former  and  both  perfect  as  the  law 
intended,  and  thus  does  justice  work  its  divine 
purpose,  by  gradual  development. 

470 

To  belittle  another  adds  another  defect  to  thyself. 

471 

If  the  lifeboat  of  sympathy  were  sent  out  to  the 
perishing  in  the  sea  of  sin,  many  might  be  rescued 
who  would  rather  go  to  the  bottom  than  board  any 
sectarian  raft. 

472 

Many  like  wit  better  than  wisdom,  but  the  proper 
admixture  of  both  is  the  dose  most  needed  by  the 
many. 

473 

There  is  a  time  in  the  life  of  a  man  when  fortune 
favors,  but  let  that  day  pass  without  recognition  and 
he  may  never  again  be  noticed  by  the  golden  god. 

474 

The  countenance  of  wisdom  is  not  stamped  with 
baseness  and  cunning,  but  rather  hath  it  the  look  of 
gentleness,  humility  and  compassion. 

475 

The  least  that  is  said  and  the  most  that  is  done,  the 
quicker  a  reform. 

476 

Conscience  knocks  at  the  inner  door  daily :  a  few 
open  promptly,  but  the  many  reluctantly,  to  be 
questioned  by  this  severe  censor  regarding  their 
conduct. 

477 

Ask  thyself  if  thou  be  pure,  and  if  the  answer  be  a 
moment  delayed  thou  mayest  know  there  is  a  doubt. 


56 


478 

the  hand  of  time  touches  the  head  of  man, 
leaving  a  snowy  impress  thereon,  it  betokeneth 
the  approach  of  Winter,  and  the  Winter  is  a 
promise  of  Spring,  when  all  that  is  old  shall  become 
new.  Therefore  behold  in  thy  silvered  hair  a  sign  of 
the  resurrection,  and  sing  joyfully  as  in  youth. 

479 

It  is  a  violation  of  moral  hygiene  to  allow  anger  to 
govern. 

480 

It  is  smoother  sailing  with  a  domestic  breeze  than 
against  it. 

481 

That  which  we  dread  may  be  overcome  by  ceasing  to 
hold  the  thought. 

482 

Prophecy  seemeth  the  desire  of  the  people,  and  if  it 
were  possible  in  times  past,  even  so  shall  it  continue 
to  be  given  to  a  few  to  foretell  the  events  that  cast 
their  shadows  athwart  the  planet. 

483 

Weak  is  thy  defense,  O  man,  against  the  wiles  of 
sophistry  unless  aided  by  commonsense. 

484 

The  religion  that  is  left  after  much  raking  and  turning 
in  the  fire  of  reason  is  purer,  much  of  the  dross  having 
been  burned  out. 

485 

Much  that  is  to  thee  given  is  taken  away  because  of 
thy  neglect  to  utilize  it. 

486 
Heaven  is  the  home  of  the  mind. 

487 

Generosity  fareth  ill  when  it  meeteth  greed,  for  the 
latter  seeketh  less  with  love  than  with  thought  of  gain. 


57 


488 

HAR  into  the  midnight  of  the   future  would   I 
peer,  O  my  brother,  that  I  might  tell  thee  if 
there  be  spread  a  snare  for  thy  feet  or  a  deep 
pit  digged  for  thy  undoing  ;  yet  if  thou  hearkenest  not 
to   the   voice   of  thine   own   soul   that   calleth   with 
authority,  thou  wouldst  not  hearken  to  Love's  advice,, 
though  I  call  thee  by  name  and  beseech  thee  to  turn 
from  impurity. 

489 

The  highest  praise  that  can  be  bestowed  on  a  man  is 
this :  He  reached  the  eminence  upon  which  he  stands 
by  his  own  exertion  and  was  not  carried  thither  by 
another. 

490 

True  happiness  is  not  leisurely  passive,  but  aggres 
sively  active. 

491 

If  thy  friends  were  as  afraid  of  evil  as  they  would  have 
thee  think,  the  world  would  be  redeemed  without 
more  ado. 

492 

Fill  thy  life  with  love,  and  thou  hast  all  of  happiness 
that  the  world  gives  to  her  favorites. 

493 

It  is  a  broad  road  to  poverty,  but  a  narrow  lane  to 
wealth. 

494 

Let  peace  be  maintained  alway,  not  by  the  hand  and 
sword,  but  by  the  heart  and  head. 

495 

The  nation  speaks  on  her  holidays  to  the  people  of  the 
present  and  reminds  them  that  she  entrusts  to  them 
the  sacred  care  of  making  the  future. 

496 

The  hand  of  death  falls  lighter  on  poverty  than  on 
wealth,  but  lightest  on  him  who  meets  it  with  a 
prepared  mind  and  a  life  untarnished  with  deceit. 


58 


497 

inflexible  and  sublime  are  the  laws  of 
Nature,  and  he  who  transgresses  even  the  least 
must  suffer  to  the  degree  of  his  sin.  There  is 
no  manner  of  escape,  and  none  other  can  pay  the 
penalty  for  the  violator. 

498 

Give  thy  hand,  O  brother  in  darkness,  to  him  who 
traveleth  by  the  lamp  of  reason,  that  thou  mayest  be 
led  safely  around  the  bogs  of  cant  to  the  high  land 
where  thou  mayest  see  the  sunrise  for  thyself. 

499 

Let  thy  life  be  so  ordered  that  should  death  call  for 
thee  this  hour  thou  mightest  journey  without  incon 
venience. 

500 

Too  much  of  good  might  become  evil.  If  the  sun  shone 
all  night  sleep  might  await  its  departure. 

501 
Happy  is  he  who  hath  not  need  of  discipline  at  death. 

502 
Life  is  a  failure  when  its  object  is  mistaken. 

503 

The  flavor  of  evil  is  as  often  sweet  as  bitter,  but  the 
poison  is  there  though  concealed. 

504 
We  shall  never  hear  the  first  nor  the  last  of  God. 

505 
Mind  is  our  leader  in  all  things. 

506 

The  heart's  secrets  are  its  very  own,  and  no  one 
should  ask  division. 

507 

The  deliberations  and  conclusions  of  science  have 
more  weight  with  the  world  today  than  ever  before. 


59 


508 

EROM  the  landing  of  the  Pilgrim  Fathers  the 
Americans  have  not  been  found  lacking  in  any 
crisis,  nor  will  they  ever  run  from  duty ;  excit 
able  are  they,  yet  slow  to  anger,  loving  peace  more 
than  war,  but  country  more  than  all. 

509 
Much  frayed  is  the  hem  of  experience. 

510 

If  a  lonely  hermit  ask  thee  to  tarry  for  a  moment  with 
him,  hesitate  not  to  cast  thy  shadow  across  his 
homely  way,  that  through  thee  he  may  unite  himself 
again  with  the  living  world  of  which  he  should  be  a 
daily  part. 

511 

Into  a  good  book  dost  the  writer  put  the  imperishable 
part  of  himself — therefore  it  dieth  not,  though  he 
depart  from  the  world. 

512 

When  fades  the  day,  let  peace  fold  her  wings  and  rest 
within  thy  heart. 

513 

Though  a  man  of  many  virtues  be  not  seen,  as  a  fire 
upon  a  hill  is  a  man  with  vices. 

514 

As  a  man  liveth  today,  so  beginneth  he  the  tomorrow 
of  existence.  So  sayeth  reason,  which  hath  said  so 
much  that  is  true  that  I  therefore  believe. 

515 

Though  thou  search  diligently  thou  wilt  not  find 
perfection,  for  its  home  is  not  amongst  men,  and  we 
know  not  if  it  be  with  angels. 

516 

Fear  not  death ;  neither  contemplate  the  devil ;  death 
is  the  hand  of  love,  and  the  devil  and  his  fiery  habita 
tion  the  workings  of  minds  in  darkness. 


60 


517 

O  vain  desire,  that  I  may  learn  the  law  in  a  day  and 
know  all  good  from  evil  in  a  twinkling ! 

518 
The  best  there  is  in  us  is  God. 

519 
It  is  better  to  love  all  than  to  hate  one. 

520 

When  we  find  the  kingdom  of  heaven,  we  find  God 
within. 

521 

If  we  conjure  a  lie,  it  is  henceforth  a  child  of  our 
adoption ;  we  must  nurse  and  care  for  it  constantly, 
and  even  then  it  may  turn  upon  us  whenever  oppor 
tunity  presents  and  frighten  us  by  its  increasing 
demands. 

522 

Loneliness — an  empty  mind  in  a  universe  of  thought. 

523 

Each  flower  hath  folded  within  its  leafy  heart  a 
message  of  love  from  the  infinite  that  the  finite  may 
read,  care  they  to  know  what  sayeth  a  lover  to  the 
loved. 

524 

When  the  messenger  of  death  draweth  near,  listen 
with  great  joy  if  the  tidings  be  for  thee. 

525 

Whatsoever  a  man  thinketh,  he  will  do  when  oppor 
tunity  presents — therefore  the  necessity  for  right 
thinking. 

526 

A  sorrow  that  maketh  the  eyelids  to  gush  is  more 
merciful  than  one  that  drieth  them. 

527 

It  is  less  difficult  to  place  the  responsibility  of  wrong 
doing  than  to  apportion  the  consequences. 


61 


528 

fTILL,  Oh,  so  still,  my  soul,  art  thou,  and  I 
listening  for  the  voice  of  the  Divine  that  we 
heed  not  the  great  noise  about  us,  neither  are 
we  troubled  by  the  discord  that  smites  the  calm  when 
we  are  riding  above  the  clouds  of  earth ;  my  soul 
heareth  more  of  the  word  than  the  moral  I,  but  we 
speak  together  concerning  those  things  that  we  can 
not  comprehend,  and  of  the  time  when  we  shall  abide 
where  aspiration  hath  its  home,  where  the  muses 
walk  in  the  dwelling-places  of  Inspiration,  tran 
scribing  from  the  everlasting  tablets  of  thought,  that 
which  is  eternal  good,  and  of  that  unknown  day  when 
we  may  be  led  within  the  birth  chamber  of  Cause,  to 
look  into  the  holy  cradle  and  to  behold  the  Divine 
Father  and  Mother  of  all  that  has  been,  is  and  will  be. 

529 
The   parents   of  sin   are   ignorance   and   selfishness. 

530 
The  saddest  spot  on  earth — the  grave  of  hope. 

531 
A  busy  place — where  promises  are  made  and  broken. 

532 

A  neat  and  fitting  garment — the  plain  truth,  though 
not  always  fashionable. 

533 
Threadbare  is  the  cloak  of  religions. 

534 

It  is  a  glorious  reign  to  be  king  of  thyself — to  say, 
"  Do  thou  this  and  do  thou  that,  O  self,  for  I,  the 
King,  have  spoken." 

535 
Increased  income  augments  unrest. 

536 

That  which  we  desire  inclines  not  to  us  as  we  would. 


62 


537 

The  whirlwind  of  competitive  education  uproots  the 
delicate  saplings  and  bends  sturdy  trees,  and  those 
that  withstand  the  twisting  are  somewhat  blemished 
from  having  passed  through  such  rough  experience. 

538 

Death  is  the  most  beautiful  gift  of  a  Divine  Father 
to  immortal  children. 

539 

Our  thoughts,  like  carrier-pigeons,  ever  will  home 
ward  fly. 

540 

There  is  no  place  where  the  flowers  of  poetry  and 
romance  more  freely  abound  than  in  the  fields  of 
ruralness ;  yet  they  are  not  so  much  plucked  by  the 
yeomanry  as  by  erstwhile  visitors  who  are  enchanted 
and  write  of  their  enchantment. 

541 
Liberty  is  the  exercise  and  not  the  abuse  of  privileges. 

542 

Intense  thought  bringeth  about  that  which  we  would 
or  that  which  we  would  not. 

543 

The  most  sorrowful  of  all  expressed  thought  is  that 
concerning  the  passing  of  man. 

544 

Carry  a  lamp  before  thee  in  a  dark  way.  Prudence 
prevents  many  a  false  step. 

545 

If  thou  art  at  peace  with  thyself,  thou  must  be  at 
peace  with  the  whole  world. 

546 

The  sequel  of  wrongdoing  is  written  by  time  and 
consequences. 


63 


547 

QERADVENTURE  thou  meetest  defeat  in  thy 
wanderings,  let  it  not  become  thy  mental  guest 
for  the  space  of  a  day,  but  say  to  it,  "  Keep 
thee  behind  me  always,  and  let  not  mine  eye  rest 
upon  thee  nor  thy  hand  to  cover  mine  own." 

548 

The  distance  is  no  longer  to  happiness  than  to  unhap- 
piness  if  thou  takest  the  right  road. 

549 

Be  gentle  toward  another's  faults,  but  severe  as  thou 
mayest  please  toward  thine  own. 

550 
A  fragment  of  truth  is  the  discovery  of  every  age. 

551 

It  is  a  test  of  fortitude  to  be  a  true  friend  to  a  false 
friend,  and  a  test  of  strength  to  uphold  an  enemy 
even  in  right  doing. 

552 

The  birds  of  the  air  and  the  beasts  of  the  field  love 
repose  more  than  turmoil,  and  in  this  respect  they 
present  a  lesson  to  mankind. 

553 
To  better  thy  condition,  better  thy  thoughts. 

554 
To  gain  thy  freedom,  ask  the  assistance  of  thy  reason. 

555 
Whenever  a  thought  ripens  in  heaven  it  falls  to  earth. 

556 

A  cunning  device  to  encourage  the  timorous :  a  new 
thought  tied  to  an  old  handle — the  familiarity  of  the 
one  soon  familiarizes  the  other. 

557 
Serenity  belongeth  only  to  him  who  patiently  earns  it. 


64 


558 

Strictly    guard    thy    vocabulary    and    cast    out    any 
unclean   word    thou   rnayest   find   in    thy   collection. 

559 

Whithersoever  a  man  traveleth  in  his  mind  that  is 
his  soul's  destination. 

560 

Destruction  followeth  vice  as  closely  as  a  dog  follow- 
eth  his  master. 

561 

Let  no  one  persuade  thee  that  sin  is  cheap :  thou 
mayest  have  to  pay  for  it  with  thy  life. 

562 
Diversion  helpeth  the  mind  to  assimilate  care. 

563 

Poetry  is  the  blossom  and  prose  the  strong  branches 
of  the  giant  tree  of  literature. 

564 
Life  is  eternity  and  eternity  is  life. 

565 

He  who  maketh  a  grimace  at  adversity  mocketh  his 
teacher. 

566 
He  lives  in  trouble  who  lives  in  knavery. 

567 

He  who  loveth  honor  and  abideth  in  it  loveth  God  and 
abideth  in  Him. 

568 

If  thou  hast  not  taken  a  step  upward  today,  thou  hast 
not  performed  thy  God -given  work. 

569 

If  thou   wilt   meet   difficulties   cheerfully,    thou   wilt 
find  them  less  disagreeable. 

570 
Sincerity  hath  not  need  of  flattery. 


65 


571 

a  cow  yieldeth  not  her  milk,  to  kick  her 
availeth  nothing,  but  the  milker  trieth  gentler 
means,  and  when  a  schemer  trieth  for  thy 
money  he  useth  persuasion  until,  if  thou  resembles t 
the  cow,  thou  fillest  his  measure. 

572 

The  great  camera  of  life  catches  every  thought  and 
feeling  of  man  upon  its  sensitized  plates  for  preser 
vation. 

573 

He  who  would  add  to  his  own  stature  must  build  at 
the  top. 

574 

If  thou  wilt  forget  the  evil-doing  of  others,  thou  canst 
better  attend  to  the  purification  of  thine  own  life. 

575 

If  Fate  should  knock  at  thy  door  with  ill  tidings, 
meet  it  with  a  calm  countenance,  though  thy  tears  be 
blood  and  thy  heart  an  altar  of  sacrifice. 

576 

Say  to  the  South  Wind,  "  'T  is  well,"  and  to  the 
North  Wind,  "  'T  is  well,"  and  to  the  zephyrs  that 
blow  annoyances  into  thy  dooryard,  "  Thou  canst 
not  harm,  for  I  am  with  God  the  Divine  One." 

577 

No  one  can  love  the  Great  Father  without  learning 
something  of  the  Great  Mother. 

578 

To  lie  upon  the  breast  of  Nature  and  listen  to  her 
wonderful  stories  is  both  helpful  and  restful. 

579 

Vex  not  thyself  because  of  ungodliness.  Godliness  will 
come  with  understanding,  and  understanding  with 
the  evolution  of  time,  until  all  men  are  undefiled. 


580 

^TT^F  a  man's  religion  holdeth  him  responsible  for 
his  every  act,  it  maketh  him  careful  of  his 
"^  ^  conduct ;  but  if  it  point  a  loophole  whereby  he 
may  escape  the  penalty  of  broken  laws,  it  maketh 
him  more  careless  of  deportment. 

581 
Greatness  begins  where  littleness  ends. 

582 

The  work  of  all  thinkers  is  separating  facts  from 
fiction. 

583 

He  that  perceiveth  a  beam  in  a  brother's  eye  and 
asketh  another  to  remove  it  showeth  somewhat  of 
cowardice. 

584 

Beset  as  thou  art,  O  mortal  with  temptations,  listen 
to  morality  and  be  spared  the  pain  of  a  fall. 

585 

Listen,  O  youth,  to  the  voice  of  Divinity  that  dwelleth 
within.  Feebly  at  first  will  it  address  thee ;  but  as 
thou  gainest  virtues  it  will  become  stronger  and  at 
length  will  boldly  direct  thee  to  God. 

586 

He  that  leadeth  another  into  darkness  shall  at  length 
lose  his  own  way. 

587 
Sympathy  uplifteth  hope  and  saveth  from  despair. 

588 

Grateful  will  be  a  long  day  of  peace  that  will  come  to 
faithful  and  patient  workers  after  the  turmoil  of 
earth  is  abandoned. 

589 

When  the  guilty  are  exposed,  they  do  not  try  to  hide 
themselves  behind  Satan,  but  endeavor  to  cover 
themselves  with  the  white  robe  of  innocence. 


67 


590 

Light  thy  countenance  with  a  smile,  and  thou  canst 
keep  despondency  at  bay  indefinitely. 

591 

The  first  fruits  of  sin  are  not  so  bitter  as  the  last 
plucking. 

592 

When  in  need  of  advice,   question  thy  reason  and 
beware  of  that  which  conflicts  with  it. 

593 

When   the   road   to  wealth   forks,   consult  thy   con 
science. 

594 

Wisdom  is  preferable  to  experience :  they  who  have 
the  first  need  not  the  last. 

595 

Boldness  robbeth  modesty  of  speech  and  driveth  to 
cover  the  half-fledged  utterances  of  timidity. 

596 

Perfection  is  only  to  be  found  at  the  end  of  a  very 
long  road,  eternity. 

597 

Unfortunate   is   he   who   hath   sufficient   conceit   to 
conceal  his  faults  from  his  own  vision. 

598 

The  cloak  of  religion  is  as  many -colored  as  Joseph's 
coat. 

599 

The  absence  of  egotism  indicates  the  absence  of  self 
ishness,  for  where  one  is  there  is  the  other  also. 

600 
Vulgar  curiosity  though  diligent  gathers  few  facts. 

601 

To  be  vain  of  thy  gifts  is  to  be  vain  of  thyself.  To  be 
glad  of  thy  gifts  is  thanksgiving. 


68 


602 

become  acquaint  with  thyself,  ask  thyself  as 
many  questions  each  day  as  thou  canst  shape, 
and  insist  upon  having  a  clear  answer.  In  this 
way  wilt  thou  become  aware  of  thy  deficiencies  and 
thou  wilt  be  astonished  at  the  number. 

603 

If  thou  canst  find  a  man  and  a  woman  in  all  the  world 
whose  lives  are  without  an  imperfection,  thou  mayest 
deify  them,  for  they  are  as  God. 

604 

Whatever  seemeth  wrong  thou  shouldst  not  do  in 
haste. 

605 

If  possible  wait  until  the  fog  lifts  before  unmooring 
thy  boat. 

606 

Beware  of  accepting  from  him  who  boasteth  of  his 
generosity,  or  thy  pride  will  be  much  battered. 

607 

Whenever  thou  findest  a  bright  mind  let  it  shine  upon 
thine  own  to  light  some  dark  corner. 

608 

To  raise  thyself  above  thy  surroundings  thou  must 
leap  into  the  great  world  of  mind. 

609 
Be  sparing  of  vain  regret  and  generous  of  good  intent. 

610 

Whithersoever  thou  mayest  go,  the  ghost  of  the  past 
will  glide  beside  thee,  making  thy  heaven  or  thy  hell. 

611 
Iniquity  abhors  frankness. 

612 
Whomsoever   death   severs   death   will   again   unite. 


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613 

mayest  perform  contemptibly  in  private* 
thinking  no  eye  beholdeth,  but  there  is  never 
an  hour  when  thou  art  unattended ;  therefore 
let  thy  acts  be  honorable  and  decorous  as  when  in, 
public,  lest  shame  confront  thee  in  the  hereafter. 

614 

Discretion  and  Indiscretion  never  go  a-Maying. 
together. 

615 
When  giving  reproof  let  it  be  unmixed  with  sarcasm. 

616 

When  sharing  the  home  of  another,  assume  no  control 
of  its  management,  lest  thou  be  outgeneraled  thyself 
and  have  to  beg  for  quarter. 

617 

A  generous  giver  is  he  who  gives  when  return  is- 
impossible  and  publicity  improbable. 

618 
When  the  fat  is  in  the  fire  it  is  too  late  to  caution. 

619 

The  ladder  of  fame  is  hard  to  climb,  and  a  misstep 
will  bring  thee  to  the  ground  in  a  twinkling. 

620 

Though  the  scars  of  adversity  be  deep,  thou  canst 
conceal  them  with  cheerfulness. 

621 

The  soul  is  illumined  by  a  process  known  only  to  the 
minority. 

622 

Hope  will  make  the  poor  rich — for  without  it  the 
rich  are  poor. 

623 

If  man  assume  control  over  the  beasts,  how  much 
more  should  he  assume  control  over  himself! 


70 


624 
If  thy  dog  love  thee  he  hath  something  of  God  in  him. 

625 
If  to  an  angelic  state  thou  wouldst  aspire,  thou  wilt  arise. 

626 
To  keep  thy  life  pure  thou  must  filter  thy  thoughts, 

627 

The  quickest  way  to  forget  gloom  is  to  think  upon  joy. 
Difficult  it  is,  but  try  it  and  thou  wilt  find  this  pleasant 
remedy  efficacious. 

628 

Let  thy  life  be  such  that  every  act  and  thought  might 
be  transferred  to  a  clean  page  and  thou  not  blush  for 
the  reading. 

629 

When  earth  enters  the  silent  chambers  of  night  she 
does  not  slumber,  but  busies  herself  till  the  morning 
with  her  abundant  duties. 

630 

He  that  lifteth  himself  saveth  another  much  trouble. 

631 

It  may  be  well  to  drop  a  little  good  seed  in  your 
neighbor's  field  occasionally,  but  do  not  harrow  his 
ground  without  permission. 

632 

Thou  shouldst  not  endeavor  to  convince  thy  enemy 
that  he  was  wrong  yesterday,  for  thou  turnest  him 
into  the  past,  when  thou  shouldst  lead  him  this  day 
into  the  tomorrow. 

633 

Though  thou  attack  every  religion  of  earth,  thou 
canst  not  attack  God. 

634 

The  record  of  life  is  marked  not  by  hours  but  by 
thoughts ;  not  by  days  but  by  progress. 


71 


635 

is  it  commendable  to  work  before 
the  dawn  or  after  the  night  cometh?  'T  is 
Nature  that  marks  the  time  for  man's  rest, 
therefore  let  him  obey  to  prolong  his  years — let  him 
not  cut  from  the  night  nor  add  to  the  day. 

636 
If  a  man  live  a  lie,   he  hath  no  part  with  peace. 

637 

Why  complain  that  the  world  is  all  bad,  if  thou  thy 
self  art  good  ? 

638 
When  the  sword  is  whetted,  Peace  is  unhappy. 

639 
Every  soul  must  some  day  travel  the  road  to  Glory. 

640 

The  Great  Lawgiver  permits  no  man  to  violate  the 
law  without  meting  out  full  penalty  to  the  violator, 
and  no  subterfuge  whatsoever  availeth  when  thine 
own  act  has  marked  thee  for  punishment. 

641 

The  minutest  particle  of  matter  is  doing  its  work  as 
faithfully  as  the  most  conspicuous,  and  in  so  doing  is 
God's  helper. 

642 

The  length  and  breadth  of  our  conscience  is  measured 
by  our  understanding. 

643 

Hades  might  be  turned  to  heaven  were  the  Will  made 
ruler  over  the  passions. 

644 

A  generation  of  unbelievers  maketh  a  generation  of 
inquirers. 

645 
When  fortune  smiles,  the  world  endeavors  to  please. 


72 


646 

Fast  and  furious  rides  temper,  but  calmness  always 
wins  the  race. 

647 

Alas  !  how  fickle  is  indecision  :  it  bloweth  North  today, 
South  tomorrow,  and  peradventure  on  the  third  day 
it  bloweth  not  at  all. 

648 

Sorrow  and  joy  are  to  the  mind  what  light  and  dark 
ness  are  to  the  body. 

649 

He  who  runs  a  race  with  adversity  often  runs  with  a 
friend  in  disguise. 

650 

The  greatest  good  that  can  befall  a  glutton  is  the 
loss  of  appetite. 

651 

That  which  makes  war  possible  makes  civilization 
impossible. 

652 

That  which  inflames  the  passions  deadens  the  soul, 
and  that  which  deadens  the  soul  diminishes  its 
capacity  to  enjoy  its  privileges. 

653 

Slay  not.  He  who  taketh  that  which  he  can  not 
replace  stealeth  from  God. 

654 

The  freedom  of  a  nation  depends  upon  the  unselfish 
ness  of  its  people. 

655 

When  the  night  cometh  on,  let  Peace  abide  with  thee 
till  the  morning,  and  then  if  thou  must  battle  let 
principle  incite  thee  and  not  prejudice. 

656 

So  fair  is  youth  that  age  seemeth  plain,  but  so  rich 
is  age  that  youth  seemeth  poor. 


73 


657 
The  luster  of  virtue  can  not  be  restored  when  tarnished. 

658 

Even  upon  the  rugged  mountains  and  the  face  of  the 
tossing  sea  is  written  law,  and  chaos  is  nowhere  per 
mitted. 

659 

When  overcoming  misfortunes,  perseverance  is  thy 
best  ally. 

660 

The  reproof  of  the  wicked  begetteth  contempt,  but 
a  word  from  the  exemplary  benefiteth. 

661 

Abundant  love  attracts  abundant  love,  and  hatred 
adds  to  itself  also. 

662 
No  one  finds  peace  without  searching  for  it. 

663 

When  suspicion  watches  innocence,  it  harms  it,  for 
it  suggests  that  guilt  is  there. 

664 

Each  has  within  him  all  he  needs  to  develop  perfec 
tion,  and  the  acquirement  of  knowledge  and  the 
right  use  of  it  will  be  the  manner  of  unfolding. 

665 

Walk  the  earth  with  a  lamp  in  each  hand  and  a  head 
light  on  thy  brow,  that  thou  mayest  see  thine  own 
way  and  guide  thy  neighbor. 

666 

When  thy  temper  is  blazing  run  after  water  instead 
of  coal. 

667 

To  believe  in  the  power  of  good  to  overcome  all  evil 
is  to  believe  in  moral  evolution,  which  will  right  all 
wrong  and  perfect  all  things  in  time. 


74 


668 

One  must  needs  hunt  for  dishonesty  where  honesty 
is  so  fearless  that  it  walketh  in  the  open. 

669 

Think  not  that  thou  canst  revile  without  setting  the 
shafts  of  malice  in  motion  against  thyself. 

670 

Begin  the  day  in  peace  and  fear  to  meet  the  night  in 
anger. 

671 

Wherever  thou  findest  perseverance  thou  mayest 
look  for  success. 

672 

Fortune  at  last  favors  most  those  who  love  best  the 
things  that  can  not  be  bought  and  sold. 

673 

The  tenderest  ties  of  the  human  heart  are  severed  by 
death  with  apparent  indifference ;  but  if  God  directs 
and  He  is  love,  all  is  done  with  kindness. 

674 

The  road  of  progress  lies  straight  across  the  wastes 
of  prejudice. 

675 

Civilization  has  been  a  swifter  runner  than  religion 
in  preceding  centuries,  and  what  has  been  will  be 
until  superstitions  shall  pass  away. 

676 

Let  thy  days  be  full  of  pleasure  and  let  thy  pleasure 
be  the  doing  of  right. 

677 

They  who  walk  life's  journey  know  more  of  the  way 
than  they  who  ride. 

678 

Begin  early  in  life  to  put  thy  patience  to  the  test,  for 
thou  wilt  need  it  when  years  advance  upon  thee. 


75 


679 

there  no  message  from  the  undiscovered 
country  there  would  be  no  belief  in  immortal- 
ity ;  but  the  waves  of  thought  that  surge 

between  the  seen  and  the  unseen  world  keep  alive 

that  beautiful  hope. 

680 

Whatever  thou  dost  for  the  benefit  of  the  world  thou 
dost  for  thine  own  glory,  for  thine  is  the  reward 
though  thou  mayest  have  passed  the  border-land  ere 
thy  work  is  appreciated  or  praised. 

681 

Love  of  country  is  a  noble  love,  and  when  thou 
lovest  thine  own  as  thou  oughtest,  thou  wilt  not  covet 
another's  birthright  nor  seek  to  wrest  it  from  him  by 
violence  or  strategy. 

682 
There  is  a  right  and  a  wrong  side  to  every  day. 

683 
Complaint  is  discord  and  discord  is  disease. 

684 

Let  thy  hands  be  full  of  kindness  and  lay  them  gently 
upon  sorrow. 

685 

Verily  if  a  man  will  to  do  right,  there  is  a  way  to  do 
right. 

686 

Let  us  think  it  will  be  as  well  with  another  in  the  here 
after  as  we  would  have  it  with  ourselves. 

687 

Cast  the  same  eye  upon  thyself  as  thou  dost  upon 
another  and  thou  wilt  be  more  merciful  in  thy  judg 
ment. 

688 

Whenever  thou  art  scratched  by  a  tattler,  clear  thy 
self,  but  do  not  continue  the  fight. 


76 


689 

Each  soul  builds  a  solid  wall  of  individualism  round 
about  itself  and  is  securely  entrenched  behind  the 
impregnable  ramparts. 

690 

Inasmuch  as  ye  make  discord  will  thy  life  be  dis 
cordant. 

691 

O  Vanity !  how  weak  art  thou  in  the  presence  of 
worth  and  how  exceeding  small ! 

692 
Lest  temptation   conquer  thee,   give  it  no  quarter. 

693 

Though  thou  mayest  look  into  the  windows  of  thy 
friend's  character  many  times,  thou  wilt  never 
behold  him  as  he  truly  is. 

694 

It  is  a  ridiculous  blunder  to  estimate  a  man  for  what 
he  has,  rather  than  for  what  he  is.  The  one  is  his  coat, 
the  other  himself. 

695 

The  backbiter  must  sooner  or  later  die  from  his  own 
poison. 

696 

Inasmuch  as  we  can  not  judge  righteously,  it  were  a 
sin  to  judge  at  all. 

697 

If  it  is  a  misfortune  to  die  by  accident,  what  can  be 
said  of  accidental  birth  ? 

698 

We  come  into  an  understanding  of  morals  when  we 
open  the  holy  book  of  Nature. 

699 
Dignity  frowns  upon  the  talebearer. 

700 

When  praise  is  due,  bitterness  follows  censure. 


77 


701 

me,  ye  winged  winds,  whither  my  soul 
shall  be  wafted  when  it  departs  the  flesh.  Will 
it  be  to  a  city  of  gold  or  to  the  deep  woods? 
Will  it  sing  forever  or  will  it  work  ?  Will  it  still  expand 
or  will  it  shrink  with  monotony?  Will  it  gather 
knowledge  or  will  it  retrograde  ?  Will  it  be  true  to  its 
individual  existence,  or  will  it  be  swallowed  by  the 
great  I  ?  Will  it  be  happy,  or  will  it  be  sad  ?  Will  there 
be  night  and  morn,  or  midday  eternally?  Will  it  be 
amongst  the  wise  that  I  shall  stand,  or  will  it  be  with 
hungry  children  who  crave  instruction?  Shall  I  be 
less  because  my  brother  is  more?  Shall  I  be  content 
to  be  as  I  am?  Nay,  Nay,  O  winged  winds,  I  answer 
nay — I  will  not  be  content  to  be  as  I  am,  neither 
shall  I  be  swallowed  up  in  the  vortex  of  souls,  but  I 
shall  stand  alone,  alone  forever  in  a  great  and  grow 
ing  world — I  shall  love  and  I  shall  be  loved — I  shall 
instruct  and  I  shall  be  instructed — I  shall  lead  and 
I  shall  be  led ;  I  shall  sing  and  I  shall  work — I  shall 
know  and  I  shall  be  known.  I  shall  be  happy  and 
I  shall  be  necessary  to  another's  happiness.  I  shall  be 
glad,  and  all  will  be  glad  that  they  are  of  use  in  the 
great  structure  and  that  they  will  be  put  in  place  by 
the  hand  of  the  master  builder. 

702 

Charity  springeth  from  the  heart — therefore  is  con 
trolled  more  by  emotion  than  by  reason. 

703 

When  the  fruit  is  falling  from  the  tree  of  knowledge, 
be  not  so  far  away  that  none  will  fall  into  thy  recep 
tacle. 

704 

Sorrow  maketh  a  man  bow  his  thoughts  though  his 
head  rove  in  the  air. 

705 

Gold  opens  for  mankind  gates  of  destruction  that 
would  otherwise  remain  forever  closed. 


78 


706 

is  a  morning  and  an  evening  to  every 
experience — sometimes  it  is  the  sunrise  that 
is  pleasant  and  the  evening  that  is  gloomy,  or 
the  early  hour  may  be  a  mist  and  the  sunset  a  golden 
glory. 

707 

The  pleasantest  way  out  of  this  world  is  through  the 
gateway  of  love. 

708 
It  is  vain  to  expect  gigantic  results  from  timid  efforts. 

709 

The  weaker  are  not  protected  by  the  stronger  by  a 
course  of  reasoning,  but  by  the  flow  of  circumstances 
are  they  aided  or  crushed. 

710 
So  commercial  is  Lust  that  it  puts  a  price  on  virtue. 

711 

When  a  person  is  steeped  in  worldliness  the  process 
well-nigh  destroys  the  germs  of  soul  growth. 

712 

Thoughts  like  a  flock  of  swallows  dart  so  rapidly 
before  the  mind's  eye  that  it  is  difficult  to  follow  a 
single  one  to  its  home. 

713 

A  light  heart  maketh  a  light  head,  for  when  the 
thoughts  are  deep  we  incline  more  to  contemplation 
than  to  exultation. 

714 

Knowledge  maketh  a  man  unassuming  where  igno 
rance  maketh  him  bold. 

715 

If  thou  hast  overmuch  talent  and  no  application, 
success  is  further  from  thee  than  if  thou  hadst  over 
much  application  and  less  talent. 


79 


716 

v^Tr"'  AM  adding  to  my  religious  temple  daily,  and 

II      as  my  foundation  is  reason  I  know  its  strength 

and  I  intend  to  build  higher  than  the  Tower  of 

Babel,  and  not  put  on  the  dome  until  I  reach  the  other 

worlds. 

717 

When  all  men  have  learned  not  to  be  selfish  tyranny 
will  end. 

718 

In  future  ages  when  all  shall  know  the  truth  and 
practise  it,  the  earth  will  be  the  abode  of  angels  and 
Jacob's  dream  be  realized. 

719 

The  day  of  judgment  is  not  when  God  judges  men, 
but  when  man  judges  himself,  and  pronounces  his 
soul  clean  or  unclean. 

720 

I  search  for  words,  but  I  find  them  not,  to  express  my 
admiration  for  all  that  is  beautiful,  good  and  true. 

721 

In  the  quiet  and  pleasant  vales  of  life  it  is  fair  to 
linger,  but  the  soul  is  never  deeply  stirred  within  the 
confines  of  peace  and  plenty. 

722 

Happiness  is  not  obtained  by  supplication,  but  by 
delightful  labor. 

723 

According  to  the  will  is  the  circumference  of  thought 
expanded  or  contracted. 

724 

The  best  that  we  can  say  of  others  is  that  they  are 
doing  as  well  as  they  know. 

725 
The  first  step  toward  evil  is  the  beginning  of  sorrow. 


80 


726 

man  tells  me  that  the  Holy  Word  of  God  is 
contained  within  the  covers  of  a  printed  book, 
and  that  he  can  carry  it  about  in  his  pocket, 
I  do  not  laugh,  neither  do  I  call  him  a  liar  or  a  fool ; 
but  I  pray  that  the  light  of  reason  may  enter  his 
mind  until  he  can  see  that  God's  book  is  too  large  for 
a  pocket  edition,  that  it  is  larger  than  the  universe, 
and  yet  not  complete. 

727 

When  the  voice  of  conscience  cries  aloud  at  the  door 
of  the  soul,  the  wicked  will  not  admit  it,  but  drive  it 
away  with  continued  sinfulness. 

728 

To  get  a  true  view  of  ourselves  we  must  stand  before 
the  revolving  mirror  of  introspection  every  day,  not 
to  admire,  but  to  criticize  and  improve. 

729 

Let  it  be  remarked  by  every  one  that  you  are  above 
your  business,  whatever  it  may  be. 

730 

The  rainbow  set  in  the  heavens  does  not  give  me 
promise  that  no  more  shall  the  waters  cover  the  earth, 
but  it  shows  me  that  where  there  is  light  there  is 
beauty. 

731 

Sleep,  weary  form,  sleep,  that  my  spirit  may  go  out 
into  the  mysterious  night  to  commune  with  its  kind ! 

732 
Fatigue  is  the  sequence  of  error. 

733 

Gainsay  it,  if  you  can,  that  mental  slavery  is  pref 
erable  to  liberty  or  that  any  teaching  calculated  to 
bind  the  mind  could  not  with  benefit  be  supplanted 
by  instruction  in  ethics  to  the  exclusion  of  creeds. 


81 


734 

^TT^T  is  best  for  us  to  wear  our  garments  right  side 

i_      out  to  avoid  comment,  and  for  like  reason  it 

x  were  better  not  to  put  the  seamy  part  of  our 

nature  on  the  outside  where  every  one  can  observe 

its  roughness. 

735 

In  the  fulness  of  time  we  may  know  what  manner  of 
men  we  are,  but  now  we  can  only  look  and  wonder 
at  ourselves  and  follow  ancient  advice,  until  our 
lesson  is  learned. 

736 
To  persecute  reason  is  to  insult  divinity. 

737 

Lift  up  your  minds,  O  beloved,  into  the  stillness  of 
the  Great  I  Am. 

738 
Listen,  if  need  be,  to  complaint,  but  add  not  your  own. 

739 

Profitable  advice  is  seldom  given  except  for  love  or 
money. 

740 
Behold    the    friendship    of   poverty    and    indolence. 

741 

If  thou  thinkest  well  thou  wilt  do  well,  for  the  thought 
and  the  act  are  not  far  apart. 

742 
Let  not  sloth  rob  thee  of  thy  inheritance  of  health. 

743 

If  thou  livest  this  day  well,  tomorrow  will  hold  no 
terrors  and  yesterday  no  remorse. 

744 

That  the  finite  mind  may  at  some  remote  period  of 
its  journey  meet  infinity  is  not  impossible — when, 
how  or  where,  we  would  not  speak. 


82 


745 

OYE    of   imprudent    imagination,    why    picture 
God  sitting  upon  a  great  white  throne  in  the 
pose   and   likeness  of  little  man?   O   beloved, 
talk  no  more  of  a  despot,  nor  place  the  Universal 
God  upon  a  chair. 

746 

Let  the  thought-force  that  we  each  day  extend  be  of 
a  quality  that  will  be  creative  of  our  ideal. 

747 

The  outlook  for  religion  at  the  present  time  is 
encouraging,  for  when  there  is  much  doubt  concern 
ing  the  old  there  is  much  inquiry  for  the  new. 

748 

The  basest  mentality  could  be  raised  to  an  exalted 
plane  by  an  education  that  would  call  forth  the  higher 
and  compel  the  lower  propensities  to  lie  dormant 
until  too  weak  to  respond  to  evil. 

749 
If  I  be  afraid  of  God  I  be  afraid  of  life. 

750 
It  is  easier  to  warm  a  castle  than  a  cold  heart  within  it. 

751 

When  a  cat  sits  by  a  rat-hole  the  inference  is  not  that 
she  is  dreaming  of  former  conquests,  but  that  she 
awaits  with  hope. 

752 

The  great  circle  of  light  is  without  break  or  joining 
from  Alpha  to  Omega. 

753 

Weightier  than  heavy  chains  upon  the  body  is 
Tradition  upon  the  mind. 

754 

Truth  and  science  are  upon  such  friendly  terms  that 
each  is  a  support  to  the  other. 


83 


755 

feels  a  sense  of  security  in  the  civilization 
of  great  cities,  yet  with  it  his  personal  safety 
is  not  materially  enhanced  nor  is  he  secure 
against  the  wolves  in  wool  who  prowl  about,  nor 
hath  he  immunity  from  the  temptations  that  beset 
his  every  turning. 

756 

A  threefold  blessing  rests  upon  the  good :  the  pleasure 
of  being  good,  of  doing  good,  and  of  receiving  good. 

757 

To  reason  from  a  false  premise  is  to  travel  from  the 
truth  as  fast  as  the  tongue  can  run. 

758 

If  the  axles  of  matrimony  are  well  lubricated  with  the 
oil  of  wisdom,  the  wheels  of  time  will  run  smoother 
and  squeak  less. 

759 

The  brightest  spot  in  the  mind  of  man  is  reason — 
the  dullest,  gluttony. 

760 
Perversity  leadeth  a  man  to  misfortune. 

761 

As  intelligence  increases,  intolerance  decreases;  and 
the  time  will  come  when  men  will  altogether  abandon 
persecution — understanding  that  diversity  of  opinion 
leadeth  to  knowledge. 

762 

If  perad venture  thy  friend  of  today  becomes  thy 
enemy  tomorrow,  be  not  dismayed,  but  say  to  thyself 
and  to  him,  "  If  I  am  worthy  thy  love  and  thou  art 
worthy  of  mine,  naught  of  a  trivial  nature  can  keep 
us  long  asunder." 

763 
Love  apart  from  Godliness  can  not  live. 

764 
Victory  hath  not  on  earth  a  permanent  home. 

84 


765 

that  are  lisped  in  prayer  by  children 
reach  further,  methinks,  into  the  realm  of  spirit 
than  the  studied  phrases  of  theologians — there 
fore  teach  the  innocent  to  ask  for  that  which  will 
help  them  to  grow  wise ;  tell  them  that  the  truth  lies 
about  them  awaiting  their  use  of  it. 

766 

Intelligence  is  not  so  exacting  of  its  brother  as 
ignorance. 

767 

Croppings  are  only  promises — to  know  thy  friend's 
worth  thou  must  dig  deeper  than  the  surface. 

768 

The  God  of  Liberty  is  neither  the  God  of  ceremonies 
nor  of  creeds. 

769 

Great  pearls  of  truth  are  the  price  of  many  years  and 
of  many  lives. 

770 

When  conscience  smites  thee,  halt  or  the  next  blow 
may  land  thee  in  a  purgatory  of  regret  from  which 
escape  is  not  made  in  a  day  nor  yet  in  a  century. 

771 

The  testimony  of  fools  is  of  no  importance,  neither 
is  the  advice  of  a  coward  of  value ;  therefore,  if  not 
able  to  weigh  and  measure  for  thyself,  ask  the 
assistance  of  the  wise. 

772 

The  pictures  that  we  draw  of  others  have  a  resem 
blance,  however  slight,  to  ourselves. 

773 
The  flower  of  true  friendship  is  absence. 

774 

It  is  a  fair  day  when  friends  compliment  our  every 
act,  but  a  stormy  one  when  they  frown. 


85 


775 

nET  my  feet  be  shod  with  mercy  and  love  and 
may  sympathy  abide  in  my  breast  when  I  go 
amongst  the  children  of  earth  that  are  smitten 
by  adversity,  for  then  will  I  acceptably  take  to  them 
that  which  they  need  in  their  night  of  sorrow,  and 
then,  O  God,  Thou  wilt  not  reprove  thy  servant  for 
making  of  charity  a  farce. 

776 

God  spake  unto  me  this  day  saying,  "  Thine  heart 
is  not  quite  attuned  to  my  holy  law  ;  therefore,  attend 
to  thy  defects  or  thou  wilt  make  discord." 

777 

The  reign  of  beauty  ceases  when  the  reign  of  lust 
commences. 

778 

Albeit  thou  art  mortal  thou  art  also  immortal  and 
must  live  uprightly  each  day,  then  wilt  thou  find 
pleasure  all  along  the  way. 

779 

The  recovery  of  a  lost  reputation  is  as  doubtful  as  the 
recovery  of  a  lost  pearl. 

780 
The  wail  of  the  few  is  not  the  cry  of  the  multitude. 

781 

The  laugh  of  the  maniac  frightens  and  the  laugh  of  the 
humorist  amuses ;  therefore  it  is  not  the  outward 
expression  of  mirth  but  the  inward  condition  of  mind 
that  effects. 

782 

Fashion  ridicules  poverty  and  poverty  laughs  when 
fashion  has  a  fall. 

783 

Adversity  divideth  the  sheep  from  the  goats  in  the 
social  pastures. 

784 
Never    frighten    ambition    by    parading    obstacles. 


86 


785 

VICE  in  its  encounter  with  religion  is  triumphant 
to  this  day,  for  though  religions  do  not  like  it 
they  can  not  destroy  it  in  its  own  territory, 
neither  can  they  win  it  over  to  theirs,  but  some  day, 
when  science  controls  religion  it  will  instruct  it  in 
truer  ways  of  reform  and  make  it  conform  to  natural 
principles  and  instead  of  leaning  on  the  past  it  will 
be  willing  to  listen  to  the  present  and  thus  prepare 
for  the  future. 

786 

Lisp  not  of  thy  defects  lest  they  be  magnified  by  the 
public  eye,  but  whilst  thou  art  striving  to  cure  them, 
conceal  them. 

787 

The  view  we  take  of  another's  motives  is  frequently 
an  exhibition  of  our  own. 

788 

Alas !  what  can  be  done  to  make  the  poor  men  rich 
and  the  rich  men  happy. 

789 
Whenever  Satan  comes  to  the  front  drive  him  to  the  rear. 

790 

The  most  delicate  advice  is  many  times  rejected 
because  the  giver  calls  it  by  that  name. 

791 

If  thou  showest  no  displeasure  when  thou  art  pained 
and  no  pleasure  when  thou  art  pleased,  thou  art  like 
a  dumb  clock  whose  face  is  a  cheat. 

792 

When  thou  art  in  a  sea  of  trouble  call  for  help,  and 
thy  cry  will  be  answered  from  the  interior  of  thy  soul 
where  there  is  always  calm,  though  the  waters  foam 
on  the  surface. 

793 

It  is  the  fate  of  the  young  and  the  old  that  they  meet 
the  Reaper  alone  and  none  escape  a  like  encounter. 


87 


794 

gateway  of  heaven  is  never  closed  and  yet 
many  miss  it  and  enter  the  adjoining  place; 
but  as  there  is  no  peace  for  the  wicked,  they 
will  eventually  grow  weary  and  inquire  the  way  to 
heaven,  which  is  the  Mecca  that  each  soul  finds 
within  its  own  domain,  be  it  now  or  be  it  then. 

795 

When  the  story  is  large,  weigh  it  carefully  and  then 
weigh  the  narrator. 

796 
Decay  is  the  immediate  result  of  vice. 

797 
Find  no  fault  with  virtue  however  awkward. 

798 

When  thy  conscience  begins  to  prick  thee,  ascertain 
at  once  the  cause  and  remove  it. 

799 

In  the  decline  of  life  keep  thy  mind  fixed  on  the  rising 
of  tomorrow's  sun  and  then  wilt  thou  always  be 
cheerful  and  young. 

800 

Keep  to  simplicity  as  long  as  thy  good  sense  lasts  and 
resort  to  mannerisms  only  when  it  is  gone. 

801 

Fast  and  furious  is  the  lash  of  fashion's  whip  over  the 
back  of  society. 

802 

The  blending  of  two  souls  into  one  is  done  only  in 
God's  laboratory.  Priests  and  magistrates  have  tried 
and  failed. 

803 

To  him  who  can  prophesy  the  future  must  be  ascribed 
a  sixth  sense,  and  time  will  demonstrate  whether  he 
have  it  or  whether  he  guesses. 


88 


804 

GHE  birds,  the  butterflies,  the  bees  and  all  winged 
creatures  seem  to  live  on  a  more  pleasant  plane 
of  life  than  the  grubs  and  the  crawling  things ; 
but  who  can  say  that  they  are  happier,  for  is  not  each 
attending  to  duty  and  filling  its  own  sphere  acceptably  ? 

805 

The  waves  of  prejudice  beat  higher  in  uncultivated 
minds. 

806 

Rectitude  of  body  and  mind  bring  thee  into  a  reali 
zation  of  true  living  unknown  to  them  who  crawl 
upon  the  earth  through  the  mire  of  sense  gratification. 

807 

The  true  value  of  discipline  is  known  only  to  the 
disciplined  who  have  been  lashed  into  obedience  by 
reason. 

808 

There  is  no  short  cut  to  wisdom ;  there  is  but  one 
broad  road  and  few  there  be  who  tread  it. 

809 

Thought  is  somewhat  tinted  by  its  surroundings,  but 
its  quality  is  determined  by  its  projector. 

810 

To  view  thyself  in  thy  worst  act  would  deprive  thee 
of  all  vanity ;  but  not  thy  sins  but  thy  graces  are 
commonly  uppermost  in  thy  mind,  and  so  vanity 
continueth. 

811 

The  right  to  criticize  belongs  to  the  century  and 
progression  demands  it. 

812 

Though  a  man  change  his  habits  between  night  and 
morning  he  can  not  so  quickly  change  his  character. 

813 

When  the  sun  of  earthly  life  goes  down  on  a  mis 
spent  life  the  spiritual  sun  will  rise  on  a  misspent  life. 


89 


814 

IT  is  neither  for  you  nor  me  to  say  who  will  be 
happiest  in  the  day  of  their  demise,  nor,  if  the 
life  has  been  just,  have  we  grounds  for  thinking 
that  any  soul  is  miserable  in  the  next  world,  though 
the  religious  belief  was  opposed  to  our  own  or  though 
there  was  none  at  all  over  which  to  contend. 

815 

Deception  is  in  vain,  for  every  act  of  life  is  graven  on 
the  tablets  of  eternity,  where  some  day  they  can  be 
read  by  friend  and  foe. 

816 

The  major  part  of  the  human  family  are  and  will  be 
plodders ;  the  minor  are  and  will  remain  thinkers. 

817 

The  finality  of  knowledge  will  never  be  reached 
unless  Divine  energy  becomes  aweary  and  stops  work. 

818 

Much  that  is  believed  today  will  be  abandoned 
tomorrow,  and  man  will  have  to  run  to  keep  pace 
with  the  knowledge  that  is  to  be  given  to  his  keeping 
within  a  decade. 

819 

When  the  parson  declares  that  a  ticket  to  heaven 
can  be  obtained  at  his  church  only,  his  commercial 
instincts  become  apparent. 

820 

When  the  eyelids  are  heavy  with  weeping,  the  mind 
is  too  drowsy  for  action. 


90 


BOOK  THREE 


821 

CCORDING  to  prophecy  it  is  the 
dawning  of  a  new  cycle.  The 
heavens  declare  that  a  new  Christ 
shall  appear.  Not  any  preceding 
saviors  shall  again  manifest  in  the 
flesh,  nor  yet  a  God,  but  the  future 
is  to  be  the  fruition  of  the  past,  a 
summary  of  all  that  has  been,  and 
the  adding  to  of  much  that  has 
not  been.  Another  round  has  been  climbed  on  the 
ladder  of  evolution — a  Jacob's  dream  interpreted  for 
the  Twentieth  Century.  It  is  the  electric  age  of 
Spirituality,  in  which  new  revelations  of  man's  pos 
sibilities  are  perceived,  and  instead  of  one  savior, 
every  man  and  woman  who  is  illumined  by  truth  will 
be  a  savior  unto  themselves  and  unto  others,  which 
is  the  end  of  old  things  and  the  beginning  of  new. 
The  new  Christ,  which  is  the  blending  of  all  past 
truth  with  the  highest  present  conception  of  truth, 
is  the  long-expected  Messiah. 

822 

If  you  defy  Nature's  demands  she  will  call  you  an 
imbecile  and  proceed  to  make  you  one. 

823 

Spend  a  morning  hour  with  the  sages  and  a  late  one 
with  the  soul  and  thou  mayest  be  trusted  to  spend 
the  interim  with  profit  and  decorum. 

824 

When  we  bow  to  the  inevitable  we  acknowledge 
obedience  to  law. 

825 

Many  are  the  deep  seams  and  scars  on  the  face  of 
Nature,  corresponding  to  those  of  the  character  in  its 
evolution. 

826 

As  Spring  gives  promise  and  Autumn  fulfilment,  let 
the  fact  be  regarded  as  true  of  life. 


93 


827 

secret  of  long  life  has  never  been  revealed, 
and  they  who  have  attained  it  have  not  been 
more  careful  than  they  who  have  not,  which 
would  suggest  that  man's  days  are  numbered  by  his 
Maker  and  that  he  passeth  out  when  the  hand  of 
time  points  the  hour  that  he  is  expected  to  arrive  at 
his  destination. 

828 

The  good  is  more  enduring  than  the  bad  and  eventu 
ally  will  control  all  things. 

829 

Homely  virtues  are  more  lovable  than  handsome 
evils. 

830 

I  looked  into  the  heart  of  a  flower  today  and  there  I 
saw  graven  the  name  of  its  Maker. 

831 

When  high  life  delights  in  low  life  it  depends  upon 
fashion  to  conceal  its  foulness,  but  forgets  the  cunning 
of  its  own  soul  to  expose  wrongdoing  even  at  the 
twelfth  hour. 

832 
Frugality  is  the  lane  leading  to  abundance. 

833 

When  marching  under  the  banner  of  religion,  equal 
rights  are  alas !  too  often  forgotten. 

834 

Don't  act  a  fool  if  you  can  help  it ;  but  if  you  can't, 
don't  be  offended  if  called  by  your  right  name. 

835 

Less  energy  is  expended  to  start  a  fight  than  to 
quell  it. 

836 

When  we  want  bread  let  us  pray  for  knowledge  where 
with  to  earn  it. 


94 


837 

CONCERNING  the  law  and  the  prophets  much 
has  been  written ;  but  concerning  the  new  law 
and   the  new  prophets,  more  will   be  written 
that  will  accord  strictly  with  the  newly  revealed  laws 
of  science,  health  and  future  existence. 

838 

Somewhere  in  this  small  world  is  a  mind  that  vibrates 
with  thine  own,  and  at  the  meeting  each  recognizes 
that  affinity  of  thought  is  the  strongest  tie  that  binds. 

839 

O  blessed  death,  that  closes  our  days  that  our  infir 
mities  be  not  increased ! 

840 

Conscience  is  the  divine  electrician  that  touches  the 
button  to  alarm  the  soul  of  unholy  approach. 

841 

To  tell  the  people  they  are  followers  and  not  thinkers, 
offends  them ;  but  when  they  attempt  to  disprove  it, 
they  prove  it. 

842 

So  little  of  truth  has  been  discovered  that  there  is 
not  enough  to  satisfy  the  needs  of  the  human  family  ; 
but  time  will  add  to  the  supply,  and  some  day  they 
will  have  sufficient  to  make  them  wise  and  lovely. 

843 

There  is  a  well  of  love  in  the  heart  which  must  be 
constantly  drawn  from  to  keep  it  sweet. 

844 

When  thy  mind  is  stayed  on  religion,  thou  mayest 
do  evil ;  but  when  thy  mind  is  stayed  on  righteousness, 
thou  forgettest  evil. 

845 

Crashing  through  space  is  the  thunder  of  progress, 
and  the  forked  lightning  of  knowledge  is  clearing  the 
atmosphere  of  ignorance. 


95 


846 

make  a  scapegoat  of  innocence  seems  mean, 
and  to  pile  a  greater  load  on  guilt  seems  cruel. 
What  therefore  can  we  do  to  appease  con 
science  than  to  carry  our  own  sins  to  judgment  and 
receive  the  full  penalty  for  breaking  the  laws  of  our 
being  ? 

847 

The  liberal  mind  scattereth  lavishly  the  thoughts 
that  make  men  free. 

848 

Do  not  climb  a  tree  before  you  see  the  bear. 

849 

There  is  too  much  ease  in  the  lap  of  luxury,  and  those 
privileged  to  sit  at  will  become  too  puny  to  walk  the 
rugged  road  that  leads  to  independence  and  con 
tentment. 

850 

The  wide  world's  neglected  lesson — the  value  of  self- 
denial. 

851 

Verily,  what  profiteth  authority  in  the  hands  of  a 
hermit  ? 

852 

Conjugal  felicity  abideth  long  with  love,  but  will  not 
tarry  with  lust. 

853 

He  that  carryeth  a  thought  to  slay  a  brother  staineth 
his  soul  with  murder  though  he  refrain  from  the  act. 

854 

It  is  as  wrong  for  intelligence  to  think  evil  as  for 
ignorance  to  do  evil. 

855 

Be  generous  to  thy  intellect,  but  keep  thy  passions 
hungry. 

856 

If  thine  eye  be  offended,  do  not  pluck  it  out,  but  use 
it  for  correcting  the  offense  it  beholds. 


96 


857 

HITERATURE   sings  merrily  adown   the  ages; 
it  pipes  the  lay  of  the  minstrel ;  it  chants  of 
religion ;   it  warbles   of  peace   and   intones   of 
war,  but  its  sweetest  songs  are  of  undying  love  that 
are  learned  by  each  succeeding  generation. 

858 
A  legend  satisfies  until  the  truth  is  revealed. 

859 

A  handsome  bride  maketh  a  vain  husband,  but  a 
homely  one  maketh  him  speak  her  virtues. 

860 

As  a  spider  spins  a  web  to  entrap  a  fly,  so  does  a  liar 
spin  a  story  to  ensnare  the  credulous. 

861 

Be  provident  today  if  thou  wouldst  have  ease  tomor 
row. 

862 

So  order  thine  own  life  that  thou  wilt  be  a  living 
copy  of  the  law. 

863 

What  more  delightful  than  the  companionship  of  the 
heroes  and  heroines  of  literature — their  willingness 
to  talk  with  us  makes  them  indeed  precious  when 
inclemency  separates  us  from  the  outer  world. 

864 

The  most  serious  thoughts  that  occupy  the  attention 
of  a  man  are  his  own  possibilities. 

865 

Never  permit  thyself  to  be  robbed  for  the  chance  it 
may  give  thee  of  discovering  the  thief. 

866 

The  undeveloped  faculties  of  man  are  many,  and  one 
by  one  they  will  spring  up  as  evolution  prepares  the 
soil  to  grow  them. 


97 


867 

art  the  painter  of  thine  own  portrait 
which  is  to  be  exhibited  in  the  universal 
gallery;  thou  art  each  day  adding  some  color 
or  changing  a  feature,  sometimes  disfiguring  and 
sometimes  improving  the  work — the  likeness  will  be 
true  to  thy  character  if  not  to  thy  ideal. 


Nothing  exceeds  the  immodesty  of  prudery  searching 
for  immodesty. 

869 

When  brighter  light  and  newer  inspiration  shall 
penetrate  the  catacombs  of  past  religious  conceptions, 
much  that  has  been  adored  will  be  abolished. 

870 

When  the  heart  is  pierced  by  a  sharp  tongue,  how 
difficult  to  hide  the  pain,  yet  it  is  essential  to  conceal 
the  wound  lest  we  be  struck  again  in  the  same  place. 

871 

When  the  soul  desires  to  withdraw  from  its  physical 
tabernacle,  it  presses  the  eyelids  in  slumber  and  its 
flight  and  return  are  unseen. 

872 

A  cleverly  trained  athlete  can  be  overcome  by  the 
smallest  vice  that  he  may  challenge. 

873 

Never  have  there  been  so  many  isms  as  now,  and  never 
so  much  of  truth  and  individual  growth. 

874 
Hasty  judgments  are  not  recorded  by  wisdom. 

875 

Not  all  are  willing  to  crowd  at  the  heels  of  fashion, 
but  those  who  do  are  inclined  to  laugh  at  those  who 
do  not,  who  in  turn  pity  those  who  follow  the  profit 
less  task. 


98 


876 

[AYEST  thou  that  one  who  doeth  wrong  and 
another  who  doeth  right  shall  become  sharers 
in  the  same  future,  simply  because  they  are 
sharers  in  the  same  faith  ?  Nay,  it  can  not  be,  for  their 
minds  are  in  opposite  directions  and  lead  to  different 
conditions. 

877 

A  few  trembling  leaves  ever  cling  to  the  branches  of 
Winter,  which  look  so  lifeless  and  cold  that  they  give 
no  pleasure,  but  turn  backward  the  mind  to  the 
Summer  that  is  past  as  they  moan  in  the  chill 
wind,"  I  am  dying,  I  am  dead." 

878 
Be  good  to  thyself  and  treat  thy  neighbor  as  thyself. 

879 

The  voice  of  Nature  calls  gently  to  her  wayward 
children,  but  at  last  she  punishes  severely  all  those 
who  persist  in  disobeying  her  commands. 

880 

Let  peace  reign  in  thy  mind  from  the  rising  of  the 
East  sun  till  the  going  down  of  the  West  sun,  and  in 
the  darkness  shall  no  discord  trouble  thee. 

881 

The  wise  husband  will  confer  with  his  wife  in  domestic 
matters  before  putting  into  operation  all  the  energy 
of  his  masculine  opinion. 

882 

Most  frequently  a  hard  heart  accompanies  a  soft 
hand. 

883 

The  face  concealed  behind  the  mask  of  death  is  a 
smiling  face. 

884 

Stand  your  ground  when  it  is  prudent,  but  when  a 
bull  is  running  toward  you  it  is  safer  to  vault  the  fence. 


99 


885 

CHE  careless  man  speaks  as  familiarly  of  God  as 
of  a  neighbor ;  but  the  reverent  are  willing  to 
confess  their  ignorance  of  the  characteristics, 
wishes  or  intent  of  Divinity  and  are  willing  to  draw 
lessons   from  human  experiences.  The  question  then 
forwards :  Why  should  one  of  two  good  men  profess 
to  know  all  about  a  personal  God  when  the  other 
honestly  admits  that  there  is  no  way  whereby  infor 
mation  may  be  obtained? 

886 

Verily  he  that  runneth  after  novelty  runneth  fast 
and  in  a  circle — where  he  starteth  in  the  morn  there 
arrive th  he  at  nightfall. 

887 

Woe  unto  him  who  revileth  with  his  tongue  and  from 
whose  lips  profanity  falleth  with  ease,  for  his  own 
words  shall  ensnare  his  mind  and  make  unclean  the 
abiding-place  of  his  spirit. 

888 

If  a  man  breaks  his  word  he  will  break  any  other 
pledge  without  compunction. 

889 

Only  the  happiest  should  espouse  the  gloomiest,  for 
only  the  happiest  could  endure  the  gloomiest. 

890 

The  boy  is  the  promise  of  the  man,  and  those  traits 
which  govern  his  childhood  will  govern  the  man  though 
they  be  concealed  by  embellishment. 

891 

They  who  follow  the  plain  path  of  duty,  guided  by 
love,  the  same  shall  find  peace  at  the  end  of  this  life's 
journey. 

892 

We  are  all  sailors,  and  each  is  master  of  his  own  craft ;. 
therefore  we  can  not  blame  another  if  we  are  ship 
wrecked. 


100 


893 

OIGNITY  added  to  virtue  and  honesty  and  this 
trinity  added  to  wisdom  would  make  a  king 
fit  to  rule  over  men — and  these  qualities    pos 
sessed  by  all  men  would  make  all  men  kings  and  fit 
to  rule  themselves. 

894 

God  has  placed  a  light  in  every  soul,  but  man  often 
puts  it  out. 

895 

Great  undertakings  we  are  too  apt  to  shun  and  only 
the  little  ones  do  we  encounter  willingly,  but  it  is  the 
great  achievements  that  make  men  famous. 

896 

There  is  never  a  better  time  to  practise  economy  than 
the  present,  for  the  economy  of  today  makes  thee 
rich  tomorrow. 

897 

Things  enduring  can  not  be  purchased  cheaply ;  they 
must  be  bought  with  years  of  toiling  and  the  life- 
blood  of  many. 

898 

Conformity  to  law  would  render  man  perfect ;  there 
fore,  it  is  his  duty  to  study  the  science  of  living. 

899 

Faults  are  more  conspicuous  when  ornamented  with 
apologies. 

900 

The  faster  a  coward  runs  from  duty,  the  more  certain 
is  he  to  encounter  it  when  he  doubles  the  track. 

901 

Naked  came  I  into  this  world,  and  naked  go  I  from 
it;  yet  let  it  not  be  said  that  I  am  not  richer  for 
having  passed  through  it. 

902 

Measure  for  measure  will  be  meted  to  those  who 
present  evil  to  the  innocent. 


101 


903 

civilization  of  the  future  will  not  be  as  the 
civilization  of  the  past,  nor  will  the  religion 
that  is  coming  with  it  to  bless  mankind  con 
flict  with  science.  Only  the  best  of  all  that  has  been 
will  be  retained  and  the  dreams  of  the  just  will  come 
to  pass. 

904 

Respect  the  I  and  you  will  respect  the  great  I  Am. 

905 

Before  many  generations  have  been  added  to  the  past 
the  churches  must  be  remodeled  from  cornerstone  to 
spire  upon  the  broad  lines  of  universal  brotherhood. 

906 

Penury  is  an  inconvenience  borne  with  little  grace 
by  vanity,  and  though  pride  may  suffer  also,  it  never 
causes  its  downfall. 

907 
Vanity  and  envy  make  the  poor  hate  the  rich. 

908 

When  an  ass  prefers  a  thistle  it  is  a  foolish  waste  of 
time  to  coax  him  to  swallow  a  fresh  idea. 

909 

However  much  one  may  deny  a  truth  it  does  not 
vary  it  one  jot  or  tittle. 

910 

Little  can  be  said  in  favor  of  silence  when  a  great 
wrong  is  being  perpetrated. 

911 

When  asking  a  blessing  from  the  angels  of  light,  turn 
not  thy  face  nor  stretch  thy  hand  toward  the  Prince 
of  Darkness. 

912 

A  lion  in  the  way  and  a  destroyer  of  men  is  he  who 
opposes  the  freest  discussion  of  any  subject  pertain 
ing  to  the  welfare  of  the  human  family. 


102 


913 

do  I  know  of  love  ?  Ask  me  not,  for  my  soul 
sings  only  to  my  soul  and  never  to  the  world, 
and  should  I  sing  to  thee  or  thou  to  me  we 
might  sing  for  ages  and  could  not  understand ;  but 
when  I  whisper  to  mine  and  mine  to  me,  two  blending 
souls  triumphant  rise  where  none  may  hear. 

914 

Female  vanity  attempts  to  stay  the  hand  of  time  by 
counting  short  the  years,  but  the  Great  Recorder  is 
never  deceived  by  deception. 

915 

The  more  we  study  social  conditions  the  better  we 
understand  them,  but  who  will  say  the  subject  is 
mastered,  for  do  not  complexities  multiply  with  the 
spread  of  civilization  and  the  increase  of  wealth? 

916 

If  you  are  poor  and  desire  to  be  rich,  dally  not  with 
indolence. 

917 

If  you  write  but  one  line  per  diem  as  moved  to  write, 
at  the  age  of  seventy  you  will  have  a  remarkable 
volume  giving  a  glimpse  of  the  fears,  hopes  and 
aspirations  that  have  filled  your  days. 

918 

The  universe  is  composed  of  atoms — and  thou,  O 
man,  art  an  atom ;  but  think  not  meanly  of  thyself, 
for,  however  small,  thou  art  as  important  in  the 
arrangement  of  the  divine  plan  as  the  archangel. 

919 

The  disparagement  of  others  brings  thyself  to  imme 
diate  judgment. 

920 

One  can  not  afford  to  harbor  ill  will,  because  one  can 
not  repair  the  damage  that  is  wrought  in  the  mind 
when  therein  confined. 


103 


921 

XT  is  a  great  distance  to  God  if  thou  seest  Him 
sitting  in  the  clouds,  but  if  He  dwell  in  thy 
heart  thou  art  near  unto  Him  and  it  is  well 
with  thee  in  the  morning  and  the  evening,  and  in  the 
midday  thou  canst  enter  into  the  holy  temple  and 
commune  with  Him. 

922 

In  the  night  of  error  come  thoughts  that  affright, 
but  the  morning  of  truth  drive th  them  afar. 

923 

It  requires  great  energy  to  drive  an  idea  into  a  block 
head. 

924 

Too  little  can  not  be  learned  of  scandal,  and  no  one 
should  be  persuaded  to  handle  much  for  pleasure. 

925 

Civilization  will  not  crucify  its  saviors,  but  will  spare 
them  for  its  teachers. 

926 

Ask  a  stranger  to  share  your  purse  and  he  admires — 
ask  him  to  divide  his  and  he  despises — this  is  a  freak 
in  human  nature  worthy  of  observation. 

927 

There  is  many  a  glorious  victory  won  in  a  battle 
fought  without  sword  or  powder. 

928 

To  raise  a  hue  and  cry  of  heresy  brings  the  crier  to 
the  front,  but  it  does  not  hold  him  there. 

929 

The  great  need  of  the  hour  is  honesty  of  a  kind  that 
will  make  a  man  honest  with  himself,  so  that  he  will 
preach  what  he  believes  and  practise  what  he  preaches. 

930 

To  be  at  peace  with  the  world  is  to  be  at  peace  with 
the  ruler. 


104 


931 

g  MIGHTY  effort  has  ever  been  made  to  dis 
courage  the  analysis  of  the  beliefs  and  dogmas 
held  sacred  by  religions,  but  when  the  tides 
of  the  sea  are  stayed  by  the  raising  of  a  warning 
finger,    then   will   wise   men   compare   no   more   the 
unreasonable  with  the  reasonable. 

932 

Believe  thou  art  going  to  Heaven  and  prepare  thy 
self  for  thy  destination. 

933 

The  loudest  complaints  come  from  the  most  inferior 
servitors. 

934 

Inasmuch  as  ye  ask  favors,  grant  them ;  and  if  ye 
ask  them  not,  grant  them  frequently  to  average  the 
account  of  a  poorer  brother  who  always  needs  and 
has  nothing  to  give. 

935 
It  is  a  frightful  leap  from  virtue  to  vice. 

936 

The  ultimate  of  a  soul  is  beyond  the  knowledge  of  a 
finite  mind,  and  however  positive  the  assertion  it  is 
guesswork. 

937 

If  a  man  give  a  portion  of  his  goods  to  feed  the  poor, 
of  the  remainder  will  his  own  food  be  rich  and  of 
abundant  flavor. 

938 

A  verbal  contract  witnessed  by  God  should  be  bind 
ing,  but  a  written  contract  witnessed  by  man  is  safer. 

939 

The  secret  of  patience  is  hope. 

940 

Teach  children  how  to  reason  and  they  will  seldom 
resort  to  force  when  men. 


105 


941 

QOVERTY  is  the  universal  plague  of  mankind, 
and  at  some  distant  day  when  it  is  vanquished 
men  will  read  of  the  sufferings  of  the  past  and 
say  to  the  young :  "  We  are  not  today  as  were  other 
men  in  the  long  ago,  and  let  us  utter  thanks  that  our 
time  is  now  and  not  then." 

942 

As  bold  as  an  oyster  is  he  who,  from  the  seclusion  of 
safety,  advises  blows. 

943 

A  logician  keepeth  his  mind  in  order  for  any  emer 
gency,  but  foolishness  brayeth  like  a  wild  ass  and  no 
one  heedeth  the  sound. 

944 

Give  to  the  children  much  milk  with  their  loaf,  or 
they  will  complain  of  the  dryness  and  refuse  their 
daily  lesson. 

945 

The  substance  of  worlds  is  thought  emanations  from 
the  Divine  mind. 

946 

He  who  goeth  to  his  couch  in  anger  approaches  the 
silence  of  sleep  unsafely. 

947 

To  jump  from  the  earth  to  the  moon  would  not  be 
more  impossible  than  for  some  minds  to  jump  from 
an  old  belief  to  a  new  one. 

948 

A  fuller  share  of  joy  falleth  to  him  who  perceiveth  in 
his  youth  that  the  building  of  a  character  that  will 
stand  the  temptations  of  time  is  the  noblest  occupa 
tion  of  life. 

949 

He  who  wills  to  do  good  and  does  evil  is  not  more 
blameworthy  than  he  who  wills  to  do  evil  and  does 
good. 


106 


950 

The  sails  of  economy  should  be  trimmed  to  suit  every 
wind  that  blows ;  then  whether  it  be  the  fair  breezes 
of  prosperity  or  the  gales  of  adversity,  thy  bark  will 
ride  easily. 

951 

Follow  the  thread  of  life  through  the  woof  of  time, 
and  though  the  weaver  cast  the  shuttle  with  care  and 
skill,  there  will  be  imperfect  places  from  the  first  to 
the  last  ell. 

952 

Retribution  follows  evil  with  stealth,  overtaking 
and  overpowering  it  when  all  thought  of  danger  is 
past. 

953 

I  can  not  undo  the  wrong  I  have  already  done,  but  I 
may  not  do  more. 

954 

The  reasonableness  of  the  new  religious  thought  that 
is  permeating  the  old  theology  is  an  aid  to  its  general 
acceptance,  for  many  there  be  and  many  more  there 
will  be  to  whom  old  beliefs  are  impossible. 

955 

Many  people  of  today  love  creeds  and  ceremonies 
better  than  they  love  one  another,  and  will  till  they  put 
away  childish  things. 

956 

If  a  ruler  love  power  more  than  mercy,  dethrone  him 
that  he  may  not  destroy. 

957 

Let  us  help  the  unfortunate  without  despising  them, 
for  therein  lies  our  power  of  discriminating  between 
them  and  their  condition. 

958 

The  testimony  of  the  ages  declares  that  man  is  kin 
to  God  and  God  is  kin  to  man,  and  the  two  sounding 
the  scale  of  life  together  make  Divine  harmony  that 
is  heard  by  ears  attuned. 


107 


959 

Love  and  confidence  abide  long  together  if  not  dis 
turbed,  but  when  once  the  happy  relation  is  molested, 
the  happy  relation  is  seldom  restored. 

960 

The  most  profitable  occupation  for  an  idler  is  the 
planting  of  a  new  vineyard. 

961 

Wherever  there  is  poverty  there  is  misery  unless 
there  be  virtue,  that  heavenly  comforter  that  makes 
it  endurable. 

962 
Continuous  scolding  hardens  the  transgressor. 

963 

Man's  idea  of  the  intercession  of  Divine  providence 
seems  to  be  the  shaping  of  the  natural  into  the 
unnatural  and  the  unnatural  into  the  natural. 

964 

The  time  and  energy  wasted  in  foolish  argument 
would,  if  wisely  directed,  feed  them  that  are  hungry 
and  clothe  the  naked. 

965 

A  grain  of  comfort  may  be  gleaned  from  the  belief 
that  some  day  the  vilest  sinner  must  become  righteous 
by  his  own  exertion. 

966 

Man  has  been  given  a  boundless  universe  to  study, 
but  he  may  confine  himself  to  the  most  obscure 
corners  of  it  and  die  in  ignorance  if  he  choose. 

967 

Hallowed  the  ashes  of  our  dead,  but  most  beloved 
their  arisen  souls,  and  henceforth  not  in  the  tomb 
should  we  seek  them  but  from  whence  they  are. 

968 

That  it  is  nearer  to  the  well  by  a  straight  path  than 
by  a  crooked  one  not  all  are  yet  convinced. 


108 


969 

The  tree  does  not  blossom  at  the  root  in  darkness,  but 
at  the  top  in  the  sunlight — yet  this  simple  fact  in 
Nature  we  too  often  forget  when  studying  man.  It 
is  not  in  materiality  but  in  spirituality  that  beauty 
appeareth. 

970 

Man  has  the  privilege  of  walking  with  angels  of  intel 
ligence  or  with  demons  of  ignorance,  and  his  choice  is 
most  apparent. 

971 

It  is  a  beautiful  prospect  from  the  mountain  of  hope 
overlooking  the  plains  of  despair  to  the  fertile  vales 
of  prosperity. 

972 

God  has  planted  the  tree  of  reason  in  the  human 
mind,  that  man  may  eat  of  the  fruit  thereof  and  know 
good  from  evil. 

973 

Pride  is  indigenous  to  the  human  family  and  there 
are  many  varieties,  vanity  being  of  the  poisonous 
kind. 

974 
Nature  punishes  those  who  rob  the  night  of  slumber. 

975 

It  is  easier  to  feed  pigs  on  their  own  level  than  it  is  to 
place  the  trough  on  the  top  of  the  hill  and  drive  them 
up. 

976 
Suspect  no  evil,  but  be  not  blind  to  its  approach. 

977 

He  who  begetteth  a  wise  child  blesses  mankind,  but 
he  who  begetteth  a  fool  increaseth  sorrow. 

978 

Make  thyself  a  living  example  of  righteousness,  that 
a  king  be  honored  if  thou  ask  him  to  follow  thee  to 
the  hills  of  eternity. 


109 


979 

When  it  is  cold,  men  moan,  and  when  it  is  warm,  they 
groan;  yet  if  men  were  consulted  concerning  the 
weather,  they  would  be  in  perpetual  war  and  none 
be  always  pleased. 

980 

Occupation  assuages  bereavement  and  makes  it 
possible  to  smile  after  the  death  angel  has  been  a 
guest. 

981 
Sin  will  leave  the  earth  when  all  men  permit. 

982 

A  slothful  mind  dwells  in  the  swamps  of  life  from 
whence  rises  the  miasma  of  decay. 

983 
Industry  guards  the  door  of  fame. 

984 
Folly  marks  the  course  that  fools  follow. 

985 

A  young  sinner  may  covet  innocence ;  but  an  old 
sinner  despises  it. 

986 

Black  is  the  smoke  that  rises  from  burning  slander, 
and  none  can  approach  without  disfigurement. 

987 

The  illustrious  marvel  at  their  elevation  even  more 
than  the  people  who  gaze  at  them. 

988 

It  is  easier  to  take  hold  of  vice  than  to  let  go,  but 
easier  to  overcome  than  to  endure  to  the  end. 

989 

One  may  live  an  almost  sinless  life  and  yet  an  almost 
useless  one. 

990 
Wealth  is  a  persistent  accuser  when  bought  with  honor. 


110 


991 

we  are  singing  the  song  of  yesterday, 
and  tomorrow  we  sing  the  song  of  today,  be  it 
major  or  be  it  minor.  Memory  gives  the  key 
and  sets  the  measure,  and  whether  or  not  we  like  the 
pitch  or  the  movement,  we  must  sing  it  and  sing  it 
to  the  never-ending  end. 

992 

The  wind  bloweth  where  it  listeth,  and  the  majority 
are  displeased  thereat. 

993 

If  thou  wouldst  be  popular  thou  must  be  wealthy, 
witty  or  wise. 

994 

The  most  vital  studies  concerning  the  human  family 
have  not  yet  been  broached. 

995 

Man  must  depart  from  all  manner  of  evil  to  grow 
symmetrical.  As  yet,  the  earth  has  not  produced  one 
of  perfect  proportions ;  but  when  the  laws  of  being 
are  known,  the  true  type  may  be  born. 

996 

One  may  learn  the  alphabet  in  childhood,  but  experi 
ence  is  not  contained  in  a  primer. 

997 

Wherever  a  sleeping  truth  is  awakened  by  man,  it 
responds  instantly  to  the  deep  questions  of  his  soul. 

998 

Success  is  in  proportion  to  the  right  kind  of  effort— 
unwisely  directed  force  leads  to  disappointment. 

999 
Pleasure  scattereth  when  fear  cometh  nigh. 

1000 

With  some  it  is  always  merrymaking :  they  dance 
around  a  Maypole  all  their  days,  and  at  the  end  have 
only  weariness  for  their  exertion. 


Ill 


1001 

Throughout  the  length  and  breadth  of  our  country 
are  heard  the  cries  of  want  and  the  clanking  chains  of 
crime — wherefore  this  in  a  land  of  boastful  churches  ? 

1002 

When  thou  art  cornered,  submit  if  thou  be  wrong; 
but  if  thou  art  right,  let  thy  courage  be  as  a  right  arm 
in  defense  of  thy  conscience. 

1003 
As  the  soil  is  to  the  seed,  so  is  thought  to  the  man. 

1004 

Gather  the  faggots  of  experience  every  day  and  burn 
them  at  eventide  for  the  illumination  of  thy  soul. 

1005 

To  gain  a  foretaste  of  heaven,  behave  now  as  you 
expect  to  then. 

1006 

Two  dangers  that  attend  wealth  are  hardness  of 
heart  and  forget  fulness. 

1007 
A  fool  is  the  fright  of  his  friends. 

1008 

The  world  may  find  an  excuse  for  thy  first  offense,  but 
for  thy  second  it  inclines  not  to  look  for  one. 

1009 
Criminals  are,  alas !  a  nation's  dishonor. 

1010 

The  profoundest  scholars  can  not  solve  the  why  of 
being  nor  the  whither  of  man. 

1011 

In  the  dawning  of  the  new  life  what  shall  we  behold — 
a  session  of  a  supreme  court  or  a  natural  flower- 
strewn  world  and  a  loved  one  to  greet  us?  Methinks 
the  latter,  and  that  the  Infinite  will  not  be  revealed 
for  eons  of  time  to  the  finite. 


112 


1012 

OH,  ye  dames  of  great  fashion!  I  beseech  thee 
heed  not  more  your  milliner  than  your  con 
science,  and  if  the  latter  question  thee  concern 
ing  the  unfortunate,  listen  lest  one  of  God's  daughters 
be  famishing. 

1013 
Be  submissive  to  discipline,  but  never  to  imposition. 

1014 
To  hate  one  another  is  to  hate  God's  handiwork. 

1015 

How  blest  the  rest  bestowed  upon  honest  toil,  but 
how  frightful  the  specter  that  haunts  the  chamber  of 
guilt ! 

1016 

So  softly  steal  both  good  and  evil  thoughts  into  the 
mind  that  they  are  frequently  firmly  established  ere 
discovered,  and  in  trying  to  dislodge  the  bad  the 
good  are  rudely  jostled. 

1017 
Virtue    that   is    preserved    through    fear   is   impure. 

1018 

The  vaporings  of  a  misty  mind,  though  bound  in 
gold  and  vellum,  must  perish  quickly  and  unlamented. 

1019 

To  prefer  rhyme  to  reason  is  any  man's  privilege,  but 
to  prefer  reason  to  all  else  is  the  wise  man's  choice. 

1020 

Nature  records  all  her  work,  and  man's  study  is  to 
decipher  the  hieroglyphics. 

1021 
Love  is  the  feminine  savior  of  the  world. 

1022 

When  force  is  exhausted  on  trifles,  when  an  emergency 
is  met  there  is  not  enough  left  to  overcome  it. 


113 


1023 

Know  ye,  all  peoples,  that  life  on  earth  is  to  the 
immortal  soul  but  the  brushing  of  a  bee's  wing  against 
one  of  ten  thousand  flowers,  so  many  and  so  varied 
are  the  uncountable  worlds  about  and  beyond  this. 

1024 

In  the  light  of  intelligence  perceive  we  both  the  faults 
and  the  graces  of  mankind. 

1025 
Should  joy  a  vacuum  make,  a  nearby  tear  will  fill  it. 

1026 

How  pleasant  to  walk  with  reason  in  the  groves  of 
religion,  but  how  dreary  to  walk  with  religion  in  the 
bogs  of  superstition  ! 

1027 

Silence  is  the  wide  moat  that  surrounds  the  temple 
of  the  living  spirit. 

1028 

It  is  erroneous  to  suppose  that  licentiousness  can  be 
destroyed  by  much  reading.  It  can  not  be  read  out, 
but  must  be  bred  out. 

1029 

In  all  the  world  there  is  naught  so  fair  and  so  holy  as 
truth. 

1030 

Anywhere  that  a  man  may  go  with  safety  a  woman 
may  go  with  propriety. 

1031 

The  garden  of  paradise  is  the  garden  of  the  soul, 
wherein  man  and  woman  have  been  placed  to  cultivate 
and  perfect  character.  Paradise  is  lost  when  evil 
enters  in,  and  regained  when  evil  is  driven  out. 

1032 

A  torch  in  a  cave  and  a  cooling  spring  in  a  desert  are 
real  blessings  only  when  they  are  the  right  thing  in 
the  right  place  at  the  right  time.  So  is  it  with  all  aid. 
It  must  be  timely  and  appropriate  to  benefit. 


114 


1033 

I  HAVE  watched   thee,   O   mortal,   and   I   have 
seen   thee   bud   and   blossom   in   the   storm  of 
adversity,  and  I  have  seen  thee  blossom  in  the 
sun-glow  of  prosperity,  and  I  know  not  whether  one 
flower   be    fairer    than    the    other    or    more    perfect. 

1034 
An  intellect  is  the  building  of  all  ages  past. 

1035 

If  thou  perceive  not  a  divine  and  holy  purpose  in 
life,  thou  art  not  living  within  the  realm  of  reason, 
which  proclaims  in  a  loud  voice,  "  Law  is  God  and 
God  is  law." 

1036 

Redress  for  wrong  can  not  be  obtained  by  any  process 
of  revenge. 

1037 

Whatever  thy  religion,  a  righteous  life  will  lead  thee 
safely  to  one  of  thy  Father's  mansions. 

1038 

Nature  has  ordained  that  perpetual  change  is  man's 
destiny. 

1039 

Men  and  women  should  train  themselves  to  recognize 
virtues  as  quickly  as  faults. 

1040 

Prejudice  is  one-eyed,  and  to  weigh  and  measure 
correctly  there  is  need  of  two. 

1041 

Everybody  likes  praise,  but  none  more  than  the 
undeserving. 

1042 

Subterranean  rivers  and  caverns  must  be  discovered 
before  they  can  be  mapped,  and  so  it  is  with  the 
unknown  recesses  of  the  mind  ;  but  they  are  no  less 
interesting  and  wonderful  because  they  are  concealed. 


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1043 

gS  long  as  young  women  will  accept  tarnished 
husbands,   they   will   present    themselves  with 
much   boldness ;  but    with   refusal  will    come 
reform,  and  with  reform  will  come  a  purer  and  happier 
generation,  and  the  sons  and  daughters  of  love  will 
be  as  gods,  knowing  good  from  evil,  and  knowing 
shall  they  do  the  good  and  eschew  the  evil. 

1044 
The  root  of  all  evil  is  ignorance. 

1045 

Mercy   must   be   extended   to   those   who   have   not 
earned  it. 

1046 

Pleasure  awaits  those  who  seek  it  through  avenues  of 
kindness. 

1047 

The  stream  that  rises  in  an  impure  mind  can  not  be 
purified  by  word  of  mouth. 

1048 

When  the  evening  of  life  comes  we  draw  the  curtains 
of  silence  about  our  couch  that  we  may  rest. 

1049 

Though  angels  walk  with  men  they  can  not  make  all 
men  angelic. 

1050 

Superiority  accompanied  with  modesty  merits  admi 
ration. 

1051 

If  thou  art  too  prone  to  talk  thou  wilt  be  too  careless 
of  reflection. 

1052 

They  whom  the  ocean  rocks  to    sleep    awake    mid 
fields  of  bloom. 

1053 
^Sympathy  should  not  be  adulterated  with  too  much 


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1054 

A  farewell  spoken  at  the  grave  over  the  silent  form 
is  well-nigh  unbearable  when  in  the  old  thought  of 
fear ;  but  in  the  new  thought  of  love  and  nearness, 
the  heart  does  not  so  often  break. 

1055 

The  Laplander  and  the  Hottentot  are  not  disturbed 
by  the  throes  of  fashion ;  but  civilization,  alas !  is 
convulsed  each  season  to  the  undoing  of  health  and 
morals. 

1056 
Whithersoever   the    mind,    whithersoever   the   body. 

1057 

Be  temperate  in  thy  habits  that  thy  soul  be  not 
deformed. 

1058 

The  liberty  given  vice  indicates  the  confidence  that 
goodness  has  in  wickedness  to  become  better. 

1059 

No  sorrow  lies  so  heavy  on  the  heart  as  that  which 
must  therein  be  concealed. 

1060 

They  who  rest  with  confidence  on  Nature's  breast, 
rest  thoroughly. 

1061 

The  mighty  upheavals  of  Nature  are  the  breathings 
of  progress. 

1062 

The  holiest  spot  on  earth  is  where  love  lives,  sur 
rounded  by  all  the  splendor  of  its  divine  creation. 

1063 

Repentance  may  come  before  or  after  death,  but  in 
either  case  good  works  must  follow  or  it  is  futile. 

1064 

Fame  is  most  difficult  to  lure  from  her  high  place  by 
them  who  have  not  perseverance. 


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1065 

To  fix  an  idea  in  the  mind,  grasp  it  firmly  and  remove 
all  superfluities ;  it  can  then  be  placed  in  the  mental 
cabinet  with  less  danger  of  falling  out. 

1066 

The  aim  of  a  mind  is  no  higher  than  itself. 

1067 

The  mastery  of  self  is  an  achievement  of  which  any 
student  should  be  proud. 

1068 
An  old  saw  becomes  dull  with  much  use. 

1069 

Love  an  erring  brother,  love  an  erring  sister,  and  so 
fulfil  the  law ;  but  love  not  their  deeds  nor  think  their 
deeds  are  they. 

1070 
Habitual  monotony  dries  the  fountain  of  language. 

1071 

Generosity  delights  in  exercising  its  own  will,  and  is 
embarrassed  when  hindered  by  circumstances. 

1072 
A  prolific  source  of  misconduct  is  mismating. 

1073 
Complaining   is   as   depressing   as   a   gray   morning. 

1074 

It  is  a  long  lane  through  the  woods  of  adversity,  but 
the  turning  comes  at  the  first  clearing. 

1075 
An  empty  head  maketh  an  empty  heart. 

1076 

The  bitterness  of  life  can  be  sweetened  to  the  very 
dregs  with  pure  love. 

1077 
Frankness   can   never  be   made   altogether   popular. 


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1078 

HETTERS  are  the  leaves  that  fall  from  the  tree 
of  life  and  are  wafted  into  our  dooryards  by 
every   wind   that  blows.   A   few   are   from   the 
branches  of  knowledge,  some  from  the  dry  limbs  of 
commerce,    and    others    crimson-dyed    with    love — 
precious    letters    these,    which    sentiment    preserves 
long  years. 

1079 

The  narrower  the  religious  plank  upon  which  men 
walk,  the  more  danger  of  falling  off  should  they 
disagree. 

1080 
The  outcome  of  hate  is  destruction. 

1081 

Coasting  down  the  hill  of  experience  is  sport  for 
youth  ;  but  elderly  people  prefer  to  stay  on  the  sum 
mit,  when  they  have  toiled  to  get  there. 

1082 

Commonsense  is  the  salt  of  common  life. 

1083 
The  will  of  the  drunkard  is  as  frail  as  his  promises. 

1084 

When  the  drawbridge  of  caution  is  open,  it  were 
madness  for  impatience  to  jump  off  the  pier. 

1085 

Once  a  soul  had  to  be  of  asbestos  to  withstand  the 
fires  of  religious  hatred ;  but  better  thought  has 
modified  the  heat  until  the  public  feel  quite  safe. 

1086 
A  hundred  tales  of  victory  are  told  to  one  of   defeat. 

1087 

Poverty  is  one  of  the  commonest  allies  of  intemper 
ance,  and  when  they  parade  together  they  defy 
sympathy. 


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1088 

Vulgarity  frequently  wears  the  exterior  of  refinement 
to  conceal  its  offensiveness,  that  it  may  with  greater 
freedom  exercise  its  propensities. 

1089 

Retribution  and  revolution  are  two  swift  steeds  when 
started,  that  can  not  be  controlled  by  any  line  of 
reason.  They  run  till  they  fall  from  exhaustion. 

1090 
Until  men  are  angels  they  will  err. 

1091 

When  the  sun  is  obscured  by  clouds  it  were  prepos 
terous  to  say  it  will  not  shine  again ;  therefore,  in 
time  of  adversity  be  not  hopeless. 

1092 

Long  sermons  have  more  words  than  short  ones ;  but 
that  makes  them  no  more  instructive  nor  interesting. 

1093 

Ambition  is  not  stimulated  so  much  by  luxury  as  by 
poverty. 

1094 

Great  rivers  of  knowledge  flow  from  the  four  quarters 
of  the  earth,  to  water  the  garden  of  the  soul  that  it 
may  bear  abundant  wisdom. 

1095 

Glad  are  the  rocks  and  the  rills, 
Glad  are  the  fields  and  the  hills, 
Filling  the  space  that  God  wills. 

1096 

When  right  meets  wrong  there  is  a  fierce  conflict,  and 
the  victory  can  not  be  until  right  is  triumphant. 

1097 

Thought  is  the  substance  wherewith  we  clothe  the 
mind  with  coarse  or  fine  raiment,  and  the  fashion 
ing  of  the  garment  is  according  to  taste. 


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1098 

withdraw  the  mind  from  worldly  things  and 
place  it  wholly  upon  spiritual  may  seem  a 
simple  task ;  try  it,  and  convince  yourself  that 
it  is  a  most  difficult  phase  of  mental  discipline.  In 
spite  of  heroic  efforts  the  daily  life  will  peep  through 
the  door  and  make  wry  faces,  and  your  mind  starts 
on  a  tour  around  the  busy  world  and  lingers  longer 
in  the  marts  than  in  the  cloister. 

1099 
Adversity  is  not  an  enemy  when  it  comes  to  teach. 

1100 

When  right  meets  wrong  there  is  a  fierce  conflict,  and 
the  victory  can  not  be  until  right  is  triumphant. 

1101 

Mirth  in  the  house  of  mourning  disturbs  not  the 
dead,  nor  need  it  offend  the  living,  for  aught  that 
promotes  laughter  lessens  the  tension  of  grief  and 
releases  the  angel  therein  held. 

1102 

The  gay  throng  sports  with  the  passing  moment, 
and  when  it  disperses  goes  to  yesterday  or  tomorrow 
for  enjoyment. 

1103 

Holiness  is  a  rare  tree  in  the  garden  of  life ;  few  there 
be  who  sit  beneath  its  flowering  branches  or  taste  its 
delicious  fruit. 

1104 

Every  thought  that  passes  through  the  mind  is 
recorded  by  the  little  brain-cell  to  which  it  is  assigned, 
and  is  ever  ready  for  use  whether  wanted  or  not. 

1105 

To  be  bound  to  a  creed  is  like  entering  a  dark  cave 
where  the  light  of  a  new  day  can  not  enter. 

1106 

Give  the  young  occasional  advice,  but  daily  example. 


121 


1107 

conscience  convicts  of  wrongdoing  too 
late  in  life  to  make  restitution,  the  soul  may 
not  find  peace  in  the  hereafter  until  the  wrongs 
are  righted — and  who  can  say  when  the  opportunity 
may  be  found  or  how  cruelly  remorse  may  sting? 

1108 

Silence  is  the  gateway  to  the  heaven  within. 

1109 

Let  us  measure  the  facts  before  speaking  of  the  size 
of  a  matter. 

1110 

Many  who  are  given  the  opportunity  to  reach  dis 
tinction  are  restrained  by  indolence. 

llll 

If  thou  art  caught  on  the  hook  of  dependence  thou 
wilt  be  speedily  landed. 

1112 

The  world  praises  the  "  I  am  "  of  success,  but  will 
not  consider  the  "  might  have  been." 

1113 

The  voice  of  the  public  is  not  the  voice  of  reason 
when  it  clamors  for  vengeance. 

1114 

In  the  Book  of  Nature  are  written  all  the  laws  that 
govern  God  and  man ;  but  they  are  written  in  many 
and  strange  signs  which  man  is  yet  pondering,  and 
puzzled  are  both  the  wise  men  and  the  children. 

1115 

If  the  tree  of  literature  yield  no  fruit  for  thee,  it  hath 
the  green  leaves  of  poetry  and  prose  which  thou 
mayest  pluck  for  thy  adornment. 

1116 

If  thou  wouldst  live  a  life  of  rectitude,  beware  of  the 
blandishments  of  selfish  persuasion. 


122 


1117 

this  harmony  that  I  waking  hear  ?  Is  it 
the  singing  of  my  own  soul  to  the  accompaniment 
of  its  own  environment,  or  is  it  the  singing  of 
another  spirit  anear  mine  own?  Give  me  answer, 
sweet  Nature,  and  I  will  record  what  thou  sayest  to 
me  in  the  still  hour  that  I  set  apart  for  communing 
with  thee. 

1118 
A  wag  is  the  thorn  of  staid  company. 

1119 

Unto  every  one  born  of  woman  cometh  disciplinary 
experience  which  is  the  leaven  of  life,  and  without  it 
one  could  not  rise. 

1120 

Negligence  is  closely  related  to  disaster. 

1121 

More  profitable  than  commercial  bonds  are  the 
qualities  of  mind  that  outlive  the  passing  moment. 

1122 

Dearly  beloved,  prepare  ye  for  the  journey  outward 
and  look  to  thy  spiritual  wardrobe  to  consider  where 
with  ye  shall  be  clothed  for  the  new  world. 

1123 
Little  is  demanded  of  fools,  but  much  of  wise  men. 

1124 

The  amount  of  sin  in  the  world  is  not  greater  nor  less 
than  the  amount  of  ignorance. 

1125 

Verily  when  the  heart  beareth  a  great  sorrow  it 
careth  naught  for  pleasures. 

1126 
Love  is  the  bloom  of  hope. 

1127 
To  serve   the  world  nobly   is   to  serve  God  nobly. 


123 


1128 

BN  impenetrable  sea-fog  is  not  more  dangerous 
to    the    mariner's    moving    ship    than    is    the 
immoral  fog  that   hangs  over  the  fair  land  of 
society  to  the  inexperienced.  Alas  !  the  wrecks  because 
the  rocks  of  vice  are  not  plainly  denned  by  those  in 
authority. 

1129 

In  the  soul's  great  thirst  for  truth  it  may  be  persuaded 
occasionally  to  sip  of  error. 

1130 

Wherever  man  dwells  he  makes  possible  unholy  and 
*  devastating  war. 

1131 

Prudence  should  be  the  best  loved  of  all  friends,  but 
she  is  much  neglected  for  that  silly  and  garrulous 
jade  called  Imprudence. 

1132 

It  is  unbecoming  for  youth  to  rebuke  age,  either  by 
look  or  act,  or  to  neglect  infirmity,  however  dis 
agreeable. 

1133 

It  is  better  to  wait  for  the  sun  of  opportunity  to  rise 
than  to  start  in  the  night  and  lose  the  way. 

1134 

The  individual  thought  of  one  generation  may  be  the 
general  thought  of  the  following. 

1135 

Every  one  must  observe  that  he  who  climbs  steadily 
toward  the  summit  of  the  mount  is  never  overtaken 
by  one  who  walks  around  the  base. 

1136 

When  attacked  by  a  ruffian  defend  yourself,  but  when 
attacked  by  a  simpleton  treat  him  with  laughter. 

1137 

The  only  remedy  for  a  sour  disposition  is  amiability, 
self-administered  in  large  doses. 


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1138 

DO  line  that  is  traced  on  the  inner  book  of  life  is 
ever  erased.  There  are  hours  when  the  whole 
weird   story   sweeps   past   with   all  its  glaring 
imperfections  exaggerated  by  time  to  a  degree  that 
shocks  and  alarms.  Is  that  my  life  ?  Is  that  thy  life  ?  We 
deny  it,  but  the  phantoms  follow  and  defiantly  claim 
us,  and  at  last  we  bow  to  the  inevitable,  and  acknowl 
edge  our  own  biography  written  by  our  own  hand, 

1139 

To  do  that  which  deprives  another  of  innocent 
pleasure  adds  no  luster  to  thyself. 

1140 

The  futility  of  legislation  compared  with  education 
will  be  apparent  as  long  as  the  prisons  and  asylums 
are  crowded  with  the  unfortunate. 

1141 

Suffering  turns  the  mind  in  opposite  directions  for 
help :  to  the  within  for  spiritual  consolation,  and  to 
the  without  for  physical  relief. 

1142 
Prudery  lacks  discernment. 

1143 

When  trouble  approacheth,  gird  up  thy  spirit  to 
meet  it  with  dignity. 

1144 

It  is  easier  to  render  unto  Csesar  the  things  that 
belong  to  Csesar  than  to  render  unto  God,  for  men 
know  not  always  right  from  wrong. 

1145 

When  a  man  finds  a  truth  without  seeking,  he  will 
find  pearls  and  rubies  at  his  feet. 

1146 

To  be  watchful  is  to  be  wise ;  but  to  be  wise  is  not 
always  to  be  watchful. 


125 


1147 

V"T^T  would  be  most  unpleasant  to  run  behind  a 

II      wagon  the  whole  time,  but  this  do  they  who 

run  after  Dame  Fashion's  swift-rolling  equipage. 

She  never  stops,  but  flings  a  look  of  contempt  now 

and  then  from  her  lofty  seat  at  those  who  fall  behind, 

which  she  intends  shall  cut  them  to  the  quick. 

1148 

The  unlettered  can  fortell  events  as  accurately  as  the 
scholar,  but  neither  is  infallible. 

1149 
Missionaries  go  too  far  from  home. 

1150 

Many  minds  travel  in  underground  darkness  uncon 
scious  of  a  lighted  way  above  them. 

1151 

That  which  we  do  unselfishly  we  are  doing  for  our 
selves. 

1152 

See  to  it,  O  child  of  folly,  that  you  walk  not  too  long 
in  the  garden  of  the  senses,  but  walk  more  in  spiritual 
and  intellectual  fields  to  become  more  familiar  with 
thy  better  self. 

1153 

There  be  few  who  would  continue  in  evil  did  they 
know  good ;  but  alas !  with  good,  few  can  honestly 
claim  intimacy,  as  their  thoughts  can  testify. 

1154 

Life  is  a  chain  of  human  advancement,  and  every 
discovery  adds  a  link  to  its  endless  length. 

1155 

Prophets  claim  to  reveal  the  future,  but  what  is  most 
needed  is  one  who  can  solve  the  present. 

1156 
An  imitation  deceives  none  so  much  as  the  imitator. 


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1157 

Man  has  not  been  permitted  to  stand  upon  the 
North  nor  the  South  Pole  of  understanding,  but  he 
may  run  around  the  equator  at  will ;  and  for  this 
reason  he  cares  not  so  much  to  do  so,  but  ever  seeks 
the  unattainable. 

1158 

The  feebleness  of  age  has  been  likened  to  the  help 
lessness  of  infancy ;  but  it  is  threescore  years  from  it, 
and  the  milestones  of  life  should  not  count  for  naught. 

1159 

Tribulation  is  the  filter  through  which  the  stream  of 
humanity  runs. 

1160 

The  influx  of  spiritual  light  is  like  the  steady  shining 
of  the  North  Star. 

1161 

When  a  youth  goeth  forth  with  a  determination  to 
resist  temptation,  he  is  not  so  beset  by  temptation. 

1162 

Sitting  on  the  rock  of  intemperance  is  a  siren  who 
pipes  many  a  wandering  soul  to  death. 

1163 

If  the  prince  hath  not  finer  instincts  than  the  servitor, 
it  is  the  prince  who  suffers  the  more  by  comparison. 

1164 

When  the  stream  of  human  passion  is  shallow,  it 
may  be  forded  with  dry  soles ;  but  when  it  is  a  mad 
torrent,  it  were  death  to  attempt  a  crossing. 

1165 

When  the  flood  comes,  go  to  the  attic ;  but  when  the 
wind  threatens,  go  to  the  cellar:  good  sense  averts 
disaster. 

1166 

When  plucking  the  roses  of  life  we  receive  many 
scratches  from  ugly  thorns. 


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1167 

aN  hour  will  come  in  the  life  of  every  man  when 
all  that  is  evil  will  be  hideous  and  all  that  is 
good  will  be  beautiful ;  but  this  wakeful  hour 
will  not  be  until  the  soul  is  purified  by  the  experience 
of  another  and  a  higher  life. 

1168 

Whatsoever  labor  a  man  can  spare  his  hand  should 
be  added  to  his  intellect. 

1169 

Feeble  are  the  thoughts  of  men  and  women  when 
they  are  not  deeply  rooted  in  knowledge. 

1170 

Learn  thy  lesson  well,  O  child,  for  thy  Maker  may 
require  of  thee  what  thou  knowest  this  very  hour. 

1171 

A  gravedigger  stands  behind  the  door  of  every  grog 
shop,  waiting  to  drive  a  victim  to  the  Potter's  Field. 

1172 

The  forerunner  of  disease  is  sin — and  what  is  sin? 
A  violation  of  law,  whether  in  ignorance  or  in  defiance. 

1173 

If  thou  wouldst  be  accounted  wise,  thou  must  not 
express  foolishness. 

1174 

The  further  from  truth  we  stray,  the  further  we 
wander  from  our  final  home. 

1175 

Interpret  the  language  of  flowers  as  thou  wilt,  they 
all  speak  with  the  voice  of  love,  and  dead  is  the  heart 
that  does  not  listen. 

1176 

Particular  attention  has  been  given  to  ethics  in 
Christian  communities,  which  has  caused  immorality 
to  be  more  carefully  concealed  from  prying  eyes. 


128 


1177 

CHE  spirit  world,  be  it  near  or  be  it  far,  must  be 
revolving  in  space  with  the  precision  of  this 
little  world,  for  it  seemeth  a  truth  that  all 
worlds  move  according  to  rotary  law,  divine  and 
unalterable,  and  that  nothing  that  is  is  stationary. 
Possibly  there  may  be  a  rising  and  setting  of  a 
spiritual  sun  to  enjoy,  and  fair  landscapes  may  be 
spread  before  the  artistic  eye.  And  is  it  not  reasonable 
to  assume  that  the  world  to  which  we  journey  is  a 
refined  counterpart  of  this  earth  planet  which  we  love  ? 
This  is  a  pleasant  conception,  so  let  us  entertain  it  in 
place  of  others  less  agreeable  and  less  reasonable. 

1178 

Classic  literature  when  it  meets  a  friend  is  at  home 
with  commonest  surroundings. 

1179 

It  is  as  serious  for  the  soul's  welfare  to  think  wrong 
as  to  do  wrong. 

1180 

To  be  handicapped  by  ignorance  is  almost  sure  defeat 
in  the  great  race  of  life. 

1181 

Could  we  turn  the  leaves  of  the  future  we  might 
neglect  the  present  page. 

1182 

Muddy  minds,  like  muddy  water,  must  be  filtered, 
or  the  health  of  the  whole  neighborhood  is  endangered. 

1183 
If  ye  sow  weeds,  expect  not  to  harvest  grain. 

1184 

Bravery  is  meritorious ;  but  it  consists  in  enduring  as 
much  as  doing. 

1185 

Verbosity  is  never  happier  than  when  facts  are  lean, 
for  't  is  then  its  talents  are  best  exercised. 


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1186 

GEAVEN  is  in  the  mind,  and  varies  according  to 
the  quality  of  the  mind.  Many  find  it  in  vice, 
many  in  virtue ;  some  in  avenues  of  religion, 
others  in  ways  of  learning ;  and  as  death  deals  only 
with  the  external  man,  it  is  reasonable  to  believe  that 
after  fording  the  invisible  river,  it  will  not  be  at  once 
monotonous. 

1187 

Marvel  not  when  ye  are  told  what  God  has  said,  but 
marvel  much  at  the  boldness  of  a  man  who  says  it. 

1188 

None  heareth  advice  so  humbly  as  he  who  is  suffering 
physical  disease. 

1189 

Always  look  out  for  breakers  when  sailing  along  the 
dangerous  coast  of  dependence. 

1190 

If  a  viper  coils  in  thy  pathway,  if  thou  art  weak  it  is 
prudent  to  walk  around  it. 

1191 

Should  a  wave  of  misfortune  upset  my  earthly  craft, 
I  shall  not  perish  so  long  as  I  cling  to  a  single  hope. 

1192 

If  there  be  aught  in  thy  mind  today  that  thou  wilt 
not  need  tomorrow,  cast  it  out. 

1193 
Never  permit  prejudice  to  occupy  the  guest-chamber. 


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1194 

BRIGHTER  light  will  shine  for 
thee,  O  child  of  the  coming  age, 
than  flickered  for  thy  brother  in 
ages  past,  and  many  things  thou 
wilt  see  that  were  not  shown  to 
him.  Thy  very  hands  shall  clasp 
the  heavens,  and  thy  feet  shall 
tread  the  electric  currents  that  flow 
between  the  spheres.  Into  thy  mind 
shall  be  poured  the  wisdom  of  unknown  worlds,  and 
into  thy  heart  shall  flow  the  love  that  will  enable  thee 
to  use  thy  inheritance  wisely.  Another  sense  shall  be 
added  for  thy  pleasure,  and  thou  wilt  see  visions,  and 
the  scroll  of  hidden  things  shall  be  held  before  thee, 
that  thou  mayest  learn  many  lessons.  Great  books  shall 
multiply  and  intelligence  increase  as  never  before  :  the 
new  Adam  and  the  new  Eve  shall  be  as  the  inhabitants 
of  celestial  realms,  and  no  more  shall  they  be  vexed 
with  the  weakness  of  the  flesh,  but  they  shall  live  in  the 
strength  that  is  born  of  knowledge. 

1195 

The  livery  of  Satan  glitters  in  society,  but  at  home  he 
wears  his  coat  inside  out  or  takes  it  off  altogether, 
which  makes  him  far  less  attractive  than  in  full  dress 
and  haberdashery. 

1196 

The  science  of  religion  is  not  a  treatise  on  the  unknow 
able,  but  is  confined  to  the  knowable. 

1197 

A  thought  of  love  is  as  near  as  a  thought  of  hate,  and 
in  a  moment  of  foolish  haste  we  select  the  latter. 

1198 

The  happiness  of  the  world  depends  upon  the  right 
doing  of  each  inhabitant  thereof. 

1199 

The  key  of  duty  will  unlock  the  door  of  happiness.  > 


133 


1200 

The  exercise  of  any  gift  without  due  cultivation 
thereof  is  like  unto  the  sounds  produced  on  a  key 
board  by  one  having  a  musical  temperament  but 
knowing  naught  of  the  relation  of  notes. 

1201 

Goodness  perceives  so  much  of  evil  that  its  peace  is 
marred  in  its  endeavor  to  overcome  it. 

1202 

Forever  and  ever  will  tender  hearts  be  hurt  by  cruel 
ones,  for  it  seemeth  that  to  all  time  there  will  be  degrees 
of  sensitiveness,  and  the  harder  will  grind  the  softer. 

1203 

Mercy  and  love  proceed  from  truth — cruelty  and 
hatred  from  error. 

1204 
Abasement  is  not  any  part  of  Godliness. 

1205 

The  Commonwealth  is  injured  not  more  by  criminals 
than  by  idlers. 

1206 

It  is  a  fact  that  ostentation  is  seldom  found  in  company 
with  the  highest  intelligence. 

1207 
Tears  oft  heal  a  wounded  heart. 

1208 

It  is  easier  to  abide  by  the  proprieties  of  society  than 
to  endure  its  scorn. 

1209 
Hold  only  to  the  good,  and  the  evil  will  go  in  peace. 

1210 

If  today  could  probe  the  tomorrow,  men  would  live 
in  the  tomorrow  to  the  fatal  neglect  of  today. 

1211 
He  that  is  without  discretion  is  without  peace. 


134 


1212 

voice  of  Nature  calls  from  the  forest  and 
from  the  sea ;  from  mountain-peak  and  spicy 
isle ;  and  to  each  it  says,  "  Abide  with  me, 
abide  with  me,  thou  weary  toiler,  and  I  will  give  thee 
rest  and  teach  thee  hallowed  song." 

1213 

We  may  ask  of  a  neighbor  his  opinion,  but  let  us  not 
give  him  ours  unsolicited. 

1214 

In  defense  of  free  thought  be  it  said,  Manacled  thought 
is  out  of  place  in  a  Republic. 

1215 

It  is  dangerous  to  place  temptation  in  the  way  of 
greed. 

1216 

Antiquity  merits  neither  admiration  nor  adoration 
solely  because  it  is  hoary  with  age  and  mystery. 

1217 

The  leaders  of  any  cult  are  prone  to  consider  their 
own  advancement  of  as  much  importance  as  the  cult 
itself. 

1218 

Though  nothing  can  be  well  done  that  is  not  done 
with  enthusiasm,  much  that  is  done  with  enthusiasm 
is  not  well  done. 

1219 

Vexatious  trifles,  though  small,  will  sting  like  gnats 
if  allowed  to  light  upon  us. 

1220 

Let  it  be  said  of  thee  that  thou  didst  no  intentional 
wrong. 

1221 

The  bed  of  the  ocean  can  not  be  judged  by  its  surface, 
and  only  many  soundings  will  determine  its  depth — 
likewise  is  this  true  of  the  mind. 


135 


1222 

If  thou  wouldst  not  offend  thy  nearest  friend,  treat 
thyself  with  deference  and  politeness. 

1223 

Always  be  prepared  to  welcome  truth  from  whatso 
ever  direction  it  may  arrive. 

1224 
The  visible  signs  of  God's  wrath  are  fewer  than  man's. 

1225 

So  swift  is  the  flight  of  time  that  joy  perceives  it  not, 
but  sorrow  counts  every  motion  of  its  wings. 

1226 

The  way  to  Paradise  is  not  up  golden  stairs ;  but  a 
quiet  walk  along  the  beaten  paths  of  duty. 

1227 

Swift  moves  the  hour,  but  swifter  moves  opportunity, 
and  men  grow  weary  in  the  race  and  cease  to  run,  and 
straightway  the  world  labels  them  failures. 

1228 

If  thou  canst  not  love  a  persistent  wrongdoer,  pity 
him  that  thou  mayest  not  despise. 

1229 

Be  faithful  to  thyself,  that  wickedness  cease  to  prevail. 

1230 

The  most  insolent  vice  is  that  which  walketh  abroad 
as  though  it  were  a  virtue. 

1231 

The  cure  for  sin  is  Will,  and  if  thou  hast  not  Will 
thou  art  as  grass  upon  the  wayside  trampled  by  every 
careless  foot. 

1232 

If  thy  friend  be  a  lifetime  doing  nothing,  it  is  because 
he  works  aimlessly ;  then  be  not  discouraged,  if  thy 
purpose  is  definite. 


136 


2133 

beautiful  is  the  possession  of  all  mankind. 
If  riches  exclude  poverty  by  high  palings,  there 
is  the  sunlit  heavens  and  the  starlit  canopy ; 
for  God  is  gracious  to  the  lowliest  and  has  so  placed 
the  orbs  of  light  that  each  may  behold  them  without 
hindrance. 

1234 

The  thunderclouds  of  scandal  rise  whenever  gossips 
meet. 

1235 

Charlatanism  is  not  the  exclusive  possession  of 
knaves,  but  belongs  in  part  to  every  one  who  preys 
upon  the  people  socially,  politically  or  religiously 
with  unfair  intent. 

1236 
Whoso  deceiveth,  lieth  in  his  mind. 

1237 
The  price  of  sinning  is  thyself. 

1238 

The  light  of  the  mind  is  the  light  of  all  ages,  and 
darkness  invariably  follows  the  abridgment  of  reason. 

1239 
No  man  runneth  so  fast  and  so  far  as  retribution. 

1240 

The  danger  of  wrongdoing  for  pleasure's  sake  is 
shown  by  the  sequel. 

1241 

Thou  canst  not  keep  thy  robes  white  if  thou  hast  not 
cleanly  surroundings. 

1242 

How  sweet  the  peace  after  the  turmoil  of  unrest  is 
removed ! 

1243 

Man  loves  to  dwell  upon  the  thought  that  life  con 
tinues  beyond  the  tomb  and  that  individuality  is 
his  eternal  possession. 


137 


1244 

duty  to  avoid  trouble  is  like  journey - 
ing  with  an  empty  trunk :  when  you  arrive  at 
your  destination  you  have  no  change  of  raiment 
and  must  stand  in  the  travel -stained  garments  of 
selfishness  before  many  guests. 

1245 

Happiness  never  smiles  on  evil  nor  will  it  remain 
near  it. 

1246 
Though  fast  falls  the  hail  about  thee,  it  melts  quickly. 

1247 

When  the  floodgates  of  selfishness  are  open,  the 
wheels  of  Mammon  grind. 

1248 

At  the  very  door  of  opulence,  starvation  sits  dumb  in 
a  profligate  land. 

1249 

A  fool  casts  his  net  into  the  sea  of  folly  to  bring 
forth  degradation. 

1250 

Science  approaches  the  earth  with  more  courage  than 
ever  before,  for  she  knows  that  she  will  neither  lose 
her  head  nor  be  cast  into  a  dungeon  any  more  for 
speaking  to  men. 

1251 

The  mind  inclineth  to  spiritual  things,  did  not  the 
exigencies  of  the  life -struggle  turn  it  in  other  directions. 

1252 

It  is  a  slow  march  to  middle  life,  but  a  quickstep 
thereafter. 

1253 

To  every  day  is  vouchsafed  a  fair  prize,  which  is  too 
often  overlooked  in  the  scramble  for  money. 

1254 

There  is  more  harm  to  thyself  in  silence  than  in 
utterance  when  a  principle  is  assailed. 


138 


1255 

Does  time  stand  still  and  permit  man  to  run  toward 
it,  or  does  it  approach  as  he  stands  and  waits? 

1256 

If  you  question  the  veracity  of  others,  they  are  only 
meeting  you  halfway  if  they  question  yours. 

1257 

The  obtrusive  things  command  attention ;  the  unob 
trusive  are  passed  unnoticed,  unless  observation 
touches  us  and  whispers,  "  Behold  something  unlike 
its  neighbor." 

1258 

When  traveling  fast  on  the  right  road  do  not  halt  so 
suddenly  that  thy  followers  will  trip  over  thee. 

1259 

When  the  people  gather  riches  for  display  they  serve 
Mammon  fashionably. 

1260 
If  thy   morals   be   high,   thy   acts   can   not   be   low. 

1261 

It  is  easier  to  offend  than  to  apologize,  which  shows 
that  the  easy  way  is  not  invariably  the  better  way. 

1262 
Sympathy  is  the  great  commoner. 

1263 

Decide  early  what  you  would  like  to  be,  and  then  be 
what  you  decided  you  would  like  to  be. 

1264 

When  the  lamp  of  love  burns  brightly  in  the  cottage 
and  the  kettle  sings  merrily  on  the  hob,  the  housewife 
has  found  a  feasible  method  of  outwitting  the  dram 
shop. 

1265 

The  beauty  of  life  is  not  revealed  to  them  who  live 
in  sense  gratification. 


139 


1266 

goest  thou,  my  soul,  tonight  on  thy 
silent  pilgrimage?  Wilt  thou  explore  the 
morrow  or  wilt  thou  regard  the  day?  Thou 
dost  not  vouchsafe  an  answer,  and  yet  thou  couldst 
tell  me  much  if  thou  wouldst  deign  to  gratify  my 
curiosity,  for  I  believe  thou  art  most  active  during 
periods  of  bodily  repose. 

1267 

The  leader  of  every  religious  sect  says,  " Follow  me 
and  I  will  lead  you  to  heaven,"  which  makes  the 
curious  wonder  if  all  roads  lead  thereto. 

1268 

Playing  hide  and  seek  with  fortune  may  be  amusing 
in  young  days,  but  in  old  age  it  is  too  childish  to 
please  and  too  fatiguing  to  continue. 

1269 

To  acquire  a  better  knowledge  of  the  world  to  come, 
it  were  better  to  learn  more  of  this.  Perchance  they 
are  not  unlike. 

1270 

If  the  physical  body  waxes  strong  in  the  sunlight, 
may  not  the  spiritual  body  be  invigorated  by  rays  of 
celestial  sunlight? 

1271 

So  frail  is  the  thread  that  runs  through  life  that  a 
thought  will  sometimes  break  it. 

1272 
State  facts  with  positiveness,  if  at  all,  but  never  hint. 

1273 

One  may  search  for  sensuous  gratification  a  lifetime 
and  find  only  disappointment  in  the  end. 

1274 

Thoughts    that    ruffle    the   mind     injure    the   body. 

1275 
To  avoid  publicity  one  must  mingle  with  the  crowd. 


140 


1276 

vibration  of  musical  strings  does  not 
always  soothe  the  disquieted  spirit :  oft  it  sets 
all  the  machinery  of  fancy  in  motion,  which 
conjures  gnomes  and  ghosts.  It  builds  high  in  the 
air,  where  one  may  walk  with  strange  beings.  It  creeps 
in  the  half-light  and  strolls  through  the  woodland 
of  imagination  until  the  rest  that  one  seeks  is  turned 
to  mental  labor. 

1277 

Tell  me  where  resides  hate  and  I  will  tell  thee  where 
resides  cruelty. 

1278 

Look  we  four  ways,  see  we  crime  and  misery,  both  the 
effects  of  ignorance ;  therefore,  not  punishment  but 
knowledge  must  be  relied  upon  to  rid  the  world  of 
evil. 

1279 

The  limit ,of  a  man's  mind  is  not  determined  by  what 
he  knows. 

1280 

Be  there  they  who  deny  the  divinity  of  man,  those 
are  they  who  disparage  Divinity. 

1281 

The  present  use  we  make  of  time  determines  its 
future  value. 

1282 

To  find  a  saint,  send  not  a  sinner ;  to  find  a  sinner, 
send  not  a  saint. 

1283 
Application  is  the  doorway  of  knowledge. 

1284 

The  best  thing  that  can  be  done  for  the  cure  of 
ignorance  is  to  remove  it  from  idleness. 

1285 

If  thou  wouldst  have  pleasure  in  all  things,  keep 
thine  heart  running  over  with  good-will. 


141 


1286 

eiGANTIC  as  were  the  strides  toward  religious 
freedom    in    the    closing    of    the    Nineteenth 
Century,    they   are   as   short   steps   compared 
with  the  leaps  that  the  generations  of  the  Twentieth 
Century  will  delight  in. 

1287 
When  the  hatchet  is  buried  never  visit  the  grave. 

1288 

When  standing  on  the  apex  of  fame,  a  mis-step  may 
land  you  at  the  base. 

1289 

An  antidote  for  moral  poison  is  always  to  be  found  in 
virtue. 

1290 

The  fear  of  ostracism  on  account  of  an  honest  con 
viction  is  a  kind  of  slavery  to  which  no  courageous 
man  will  submit. 

1291 

When  treading  the  mazes  of  experience,  one  must 
walk  alone. 

1292 

Gold  is  as  precious  when  found  in  abandoned  fields 
as  in  fresh  ones. 

1293 

Profanity  proceedeth  from  the  lips  of  the  wicked, 
and  profanity  proceedeth  from  the  lips  of  the  good, 
and  profanity  proceedeth  from  all  who  put  words  into 
the  mouth  of  Deity. 

1294 
It  is  imperfection  that  makes  us  strive. 

1295 
Sorrows  are  the  gray  shadows  that  fall  aslant  life. 

1296 

By  degrees  man  rises  in  the  scale  of  intellect ;  and  as 
millions  of  years  have  passed  and  he  is  still  a  pigmy, 
what  think  ye  must  have  been  his  condition  at  birth  ? 


142 


1297 

nO,  it  shall  not  always  be  that  he  who  labors 
least  shall   possess   the   most,   but  every  man 
shall  have  that  which  he  earns,  whether  it  be 
mentally  or  physically.  Not  by  confiscation  will   this 
come  about,  but  by  moral  evojution,  which  will  be 
a  steady  and  imperceptible  growth  from  selfishness 
to  justice. 

1298 

In  climbing  the  stairs  of  progress,  civilization  has 
rested  many  times  on  the  broad  landings,  that  the 
slow  might  overtake. 

1299 

The  loveliness  of  Nature  is  enhanced  many-fold  when 
we  raise  the  veil  that  she  modestly  draws  about  her 
self  and  look  upon  her  uncovered  face — then  only  do 
we  see  her  as  she  is  and  adore. 

1300 
The  angels  love  them  who  heed  their  ways. 

1301 

Extreme  poverty  and  extreme  wealth  are  the  very 
antipodes  of  society ;  but  when  death  removes  the 
barriers,  the  distance  between  them  will  be  short. 

1302 

It  is  a  self-evident  fact  that  Deity  is  no  more  intimate 
with  the  Christian  than  with  the  Jew,  and  the 
prattling  of  each  does  not  alter  it. 

1303 
Man  has  started  on  an  endless  journey  toward  light. 

1304 

When  permitted  to  gather  fruit,  do  not  heap  your 
basket  if  your  neighbor  lacks. 

1305 

Anything  that  comes  without  effort  comes  without 
thought,  and  anything  that  comes  without  thinking 
is  not  lasting. 


143 


1306 

g  LIVELY  debate  brings  out  the  strongest  and 
the  weakest  points  of  a  subject ;  therefore, 
everything  that  concerns  human  welfare  should 
be  considered  debatable  and  turned  and  twisted  in 
every  possible  manner  by  every  honest  person,  that 
a  reasonable  conclusion  may  be  reached.  They  who 
hesitate  to  speak  and  would  exclude  from  discussion 
social,  political  or  religious  questions  have  not  suf 
ficient  confidence  in  these  hobbies  to  permit  the 
people  to  ride  them  a  few  times  around  the  arena  of 
logic. 

1307 

The   mind   must  be   developed  to  reach  its  hidden 
wealth. 

1308 

Whenever  creeds  begin  to  brew,  a  teapot  tempest 
must  ensue. 

1309 

They  are  building  a  house  of  cards  who  proclaim  that 
which  can  not  be  demonstrated. 

1310 
The  mainspring  of  society  is  Intelligence. 

1311 

Every  telegram   that    is  flashed  across  the    face  of 
Nature  is  a  message  from  the  Almighty  God. 

1312 

He  who  loveth  wine  most  loveth  wit  least. 

1313 

When  the  devil  is  behind,  it  is  safer  to  run  than  to 
loiter. 

1314 

It  is  ever  better  to  learn  a  lesson  before  trying  to 
impart  it. 

1315 

Love  and  hatred  come  in  and  go  out  of  the  same  door, 
but  neither  come  nor  go  without  invitation. 


144 


1316 

COMING  to  the  West  are  the  religions  of  the 
East,  so  old  that  they  are  dust-covered  and 
tottering.  The  thrifty  Occidental  brushes  them 
off  and  sets  them  up  for  admiration,  and  some  even 
fall  down  and  worship  in  their  love  of  the  antique ; 
but  an  old  religion  or  yet  a  new  contains  not  all  of 
truth.    It   is   preposterous   to   so   pretend ;   it   is   the 
constant  adding  to  knowledge  which  begets  wisdom, 
and  wisdom  is  the  religion  for  the  today  and  for  the 
tomorrow. 

1317 
Peace  is  thine  when  thou  wilt  have  it. 

1318 

When    falsehood    unexpectedly    meets    truth,    fear 
gives  it  swift  wings. 

1319 

The  most  admired  of  all  traits  of  character  is  unself 
ishness,  and  it  is  the  most  uncommon. 

1320 

What  we  love  we  endeavor  to  be  near ;  thus  do  we 
index  our  character  for  the  public  convenience. 

1321 

Soul  measure  is  as  delicate  as  measuring  the  vibration 
of  thoughts. 

1322 

A  sensitive  mind  is  like  unto  a  sheet  of  white  wax :  a 
scratch  leaves  a  deep  impression. 

1323 

They  who  can  not  control  themselves  are  they  who 
would  control  others. 

1324 

An   absolute   remedy   for   dissipation   is   abstinence. 

1325 

The  dewy  morn  of  life  hath  no  fear  of  the  experiences 
of  the  somber  eve. 


145 


1326 

aweary  I  recline  under  the  tree  of  knowl- 
edge  and  lean  against  the  sturdy  trunk,  that 
some  ripening  fruit  perchance  may  fall  anear 
me.  I  sometimes  shake  a  laden  bough  that  hangs  low 
and  finding  it  good  I  store  it  in  memory. 

1327 

As  the  grave  is  the  last  place  that  a  man  expects  to 
go,  he  never  hurries  about  his  preparations — con 
sequently  he  usually  starts  unprepared. 

1328 

Before  jumping  a  fence  it  is  well  to  know  the  ground 
on  the  other  side. 

1329 

In  any  kind  of  gambling,  one  is  not  surer  of  winning 
than  when  betting  on  the  weather  in  a  strange 
country. 

1330 

The  sons  and  daughters  of  patriots  are  the  Nation's 
best  defenders. 

1331 

There  are  proper  and  fitting  garments  for  every  soul ; 
but  in  our  haste  or  carelessness  we  seize  the  wrong 
ones  and  display  the  misfits  triumphantly. 

1332 
Liberal  thought  permits  charitable  speech. 

1333 

To  say  that  all  men  are  made  in  the  image  of  God 
implies  that  God  is  changeable  and  not  altogether 
beautiful. 

1334 

When  you  set  a  trap  to  ensnare  another  you  stand 
one  chance  in  two  of  springing  it  on  yourself. 

1335 

Those  who  are  ever  in  quest  of  novelty  overlook  most 
genuine  pleasures. 


146 


1336 

OUT   of  the   great  deeps  of  thought   troop   the 
genii  of  poesy.  Not  at  command  come  they  forth, 
but  as  they  will    they  dart  in  and  out  of  the 
forests  of  the  imagination.  Do  we  love  them?  Yea,  we 
adore.  Do  they  return  our  love?  Yea,  for  they  give 
of  their  best  to  man. 

1337 
Righteous    intent,    however    feeble,    is    not   in    vain. 

1338 
Every  thought  of  love  is  a  thought  of  God. 

1339 
Mental  composure  increaseth  discernment. 

1340 

To  be  persuaded  to  do  evil  is  to  confide  in  destruction. 

1341 

When  thou  canst  talk  to  the  man  in  the  moon  by 
standing  on  a  chair,  then  canst  thou  achieve  great 
ness  without  effort. 

1342 

Sitting  under  the  shadow  of  a  Great  Presence,  I  rest 
content,  knowing  that  I  am  loved. 

1343 
Aspiration  is  a  prayer  to  Inspiration. 

1344 

When  thou  inhalest  the  fragrance  of  a  flower,  thou 
art  drawing  its  spirit  to  thine  own. 

1345 

Beautiful,  Beautiful,  Beautiful,  most  holy  change 
called  Death  ! 

1346 

The  precise  hour  and  the  moment  of  our  going  out 
ward  is  wisely  hidden ;  but  the  certainty  of  the 
journey  before  us  is  never  doubted — therefore  he 
who  is  wise  is  always  ready. 


147 


1347 

The  doors  of  knowledge  are  always  wide  open,  and 
every  man,  woman  and  child  on  the  globe  is  cordially 
invited  to  enter  the  grand  temple. 

1348 

Nations  rise  and  fall,  rulers  are  deposed,  but  the  Law 
remains  forever ;  and  it  is  man's  business  to  study  the 
Law,  that  his  ways  conform  to  those  of  the  Lawgiver. 

1349 

Memory  is  a  beautiful  and  holy  book,  if  the  life  be 
clean  and  its  aims  noble. 

1350 

Never-ending  pleasure  is  awaiting  them  who  love 
knowledge. 

1351 

Better  be  forgetful  of  favors  than  to  remember 
wrongs. 

1352 

If  you  labor  to  please  yourself  or  friends  you  rarely 
succeed,  but  if  you  labor  to  perfect  yourself  you 
succeed  in  pleasing  both. 

1353 

Apathy  reigns  in  modern  society  when  absolute 
cleanliness  of  speech  should  be  a  requirement  for 
membership. 

1354 

Some  have  a  cruel  habit  of  gathering  the  thistles  by 
the  way  and  carrying  them  to  the  afflicted. 

1355 

Good  has  more  power  than  evil :  witness  the  fact  that 
good  oftener  than  evil  directs  and  controls  the  public 
mind. 

1356 
Give  thyself  time,  for  it  is  easier  to  walk  than  to  run. 

1357 

When  you  are  in  a  tight  place,  you  will  be  more 
comfortable  to  contract  than  to  expand. 


148 


1358 

©E  prepared  at  all  times  to  receive  Inspiration, 
as   it   is   erratic   in   its   visitations,    corning   at 
seasonable  and  unseasonable  hours  and  leaving 
abruptly  if  not  received  warmly. 

1359 

When  about  to  turn  a  corner  slacken  thy  speed,  lest 
meeting  another  thou  art  overturned. 

1360 

Ask  not  of  folly  the  way  to  success  nor  of  indolence 
the  way  to  renown. 

1361 

Man  would  be  as  playful  as  a  kitten  were  he  entirely 
free  from  care — and  were  it  so,  his  life  would  amount 
to  no  more  than  a  cat's  life. 

1362 

Poison  is  a  thought  of  disease — think  health  and 
send  it  everywhere. 

1363 

Lo,  the  faith  that  each  reposes  in  his  own  religion ! 
Another's  may  be  wrong,  but  not  his. 

1364 

When  one  meets  a  bear  at  the  forking  of  the  road, 
there  is  no  rule  to  tell  one  whether  safety  lies  in 
retreat  or  in  advancement. 

1365 

Of  the  two  conditions — a  good  fool  or  a  bright  knave — 
the  latter  is  not  more  deplorable,  as  there  is  chance 
for  quicker  improvement. 

1366 

The  only  receipt  for  loneliness  is  work,  and  the  only 
work  for  loneliness  is  that  which  absorbs  self. 

1367 

If  thou  knowest  guilt  thou  hast  a  most  terrible 
companion. 


149 


1368 

I  ASKED  of  my  soul,  this  holy  day,  what  manner 
of  mortal  is  beautiful,  and  this  was  the  answer 
returned :    "If  thou    art   comely   and   full   of 
grace  and  hast  not  abundant  love  for  all  the  sons  and 
daughters  of  God,  thou  art  not  beautiful." 

1369 

Kick  not  the  dog  that  stands  in  thy  way.  A  slight 
turning  will  ofttimes  save  a  serious  encounter. 

1370 

If  I  were  hunting  for  virtue,  I  would  not  travel  the 
path  of  sin  nor  should  I  look  toward  iniquity  to  espy 
peace. 

1371 

A  strange  paradox — Life  grows  shorter  as  it  grows 
longer. 

1372 

Sin  can  not  exceed  the  circumference  of  mortal 
thought ;  but  no  thought  can  circle  the  consequences 
of  sin,  for  they  extend  beyond  the  ken  of  mortal  mind. 

1373 

Listen  as  you  will  for  words  of  wisdom — they  are  not 
spoken  by  ignorance. 

1374 

Many  a  fall  have  Jack  and  Jill  when  trying  to  climb 
Pegasus  hill. 

1375 

Nine  out  of  ten  are  searching  for  heaven  outside  of 
themselves.  Stop,  friends !  Your  heaven  is  nearer 
your  own  door  than  another's. 

1376 

Lead  me,  O  thou  wise  angels  who  guide  my  life  into 
ways  of  justice  and  of  merit. 

1377 

Illumine  thy  countenance  with  heavenly  light  by 
carrying  the  lamp  of  truth  upon  thy  brow. 


150 


1378 

I  SAT  before  the  mute  keyboard — no  sound  came 
forth  until  I  smote  the  beloved  chords,  but  ere 
the  notes  reached  mine  ear  my  mind  was  filled 
with  the  coming  theme  and  in  the  silence  of  anticipa 
tion  I  heard  it  all,  yea,  more  than  the  singing  keys 
gave   forth   when   fondly   pressed   by   loving  fingers. 

1379 

Let  thy  mouth  be  sweet  with  wisdom  and  thy  words 
as  healing  balm. 

1380 

Close  upon  the  heels  of  science  crowds  the  religion  of 
the  Twentieth  Century,  and  soon  will  they  walk  hand 
in  hand  as  brother  and  sister  of  one  Common  Parent. 

1381 

Man  stands  in  the  world  of  spirit  a  dual  being,  and 
death  will  not  mar  his  soul  garb. 

1382 

Have  no  fear,  neither  of  God  nor  man :  Let  love 
govern  thy  life,  for  fear  degrades. 

1383 

The  pulse  of  the  universe  is  quickened  or  retarded  by 
Divine  thought. 

1384 

There  is  a  curious  twist  in  the  human  mind  that 
makes  it  incline  much  to  laughter  when  it  should  be 
grave,  and  that  stills  it  when  it  should  be  merry. 

1385 

Piety  shuns  mirth  to  walk  with  soberness ;  whereas 
mirth  would  be  a  pleasant  companion  for  both. 

1386 

Put  not  thy  trust  in  verbal  expression,  but  in  the 
thought  itself. 

1387 
The  world  speaks  superficially — the  few  with  wisdom. 


151 


1388 

[UCH  say  the  leaves  when  they  rustle  and 
uneasy  turn  upon  their  stems.  Now  it  is  the 
coming  storm  that  they  trembling  fear;  again 
in  breathless  silence  do  they  warn  of  gathering  danger  ; 
and  in  the  Autumn  of  their  death,  with  radiance  clad 
do  they  yield  their  life  that  they  may  come  forth  in 
the  Springtime  to  gladden  mankind  anew. 

1389 

In  the  world's  great  orchestra,  they  who  beat  the 
drums  of  ostentation  may  fancy  they  are  carrying  a 
leading  part,  whereas  the  harmony  is  not  so  much 
increased  by  their  performance  as  the  noise. 

1390 

O  man !  O  woman !  If  thou  lovest  the  outward  form 
and  have  no  affinity  of  soul,  thou  knowest  naught  of 
love  nor  of  life. 

1391 

He  that  burneth  with  lust  will  be  consumed  by  the 
fires  of  regret  in  the  day  of  awakening. 

1392 

Fiercer  and  fiercer  the  combat  between  the  old  beliefs 
and  the  new  knowledge,  and  surer  and  surer  the 
result. 

1393 

In  the  still  hour  before  I  slumber,  my  soul  and  I  do 
speak  of  much  for  which  the  world  hath  no  ear; 
therefore  I  tell  thee  not  all,  Dear  Book,  lest  thou 
betray  me  to  an  incredulous  people. 

1394 

As  the  sap  runneth  upward  until  the  leaves  burst 
forth,  so  the  upward  tendency  of  man. 

1395 

If  a  man  goeth  out  in  the  morning  to  till  his  field,  and 
loiter  until  the  meridian,  wherefore  has  he  gained 
over  his  neighbor  who  sleepeth  until  the  noon  ? 


152 


1396 

which  is,  has  always  been,  and  that  which 
had  not  a  beginning  can  have  no  ending ; 
therefore  eternity  is  all,  and  the  one  life  is  in 
all — vague,  mayhap,  but  a  lesser  truth  will  not  be 
met  with  more  cordiality  by  sleepy  folk  who  find 
thinking  a  difficulty. 

1397 
To  forget  pain,  refuse  to  talk  of  it.  ) 

1398 

If  I  stand  on  a  pile  of  chips  it  does  not  prove  that  I 
cut  the  wood. 

1399 
By  human  guide-posts  it  is  a  long  way  to  perfection. 

1400 

It  is  a  plain  fact  that  ostentation  avoids  intimacy  with 
the  highest  intelligence — it  seeks  mediocrity. 

1401 

The  manifestations  of  Divinity  appear  to  none  alike, 
but  according  to  the  evolution  of  the  soul  do  we  agree 
in  our  conceptions  and  express  unity. 

1402 

The  closer  men  keep  to  the  center  of  their  mind,  the 
nearer  they  keep  to  their  heaven. 

1403 

Such  a  little  while  intervenes  between  birth  and  death 
that  they  are  but  the  morning  and  the  evening  of  an 
eventful  day. 

1404 
Precious  are  the  gifts  that  flow  in  on  the  tide  of  love. 

1405 

He  who  careth  for  strong  drink  careth  less  for  strong 
men. 

1406 

Pass  through  the  world  cheerfully,  then  wilt  thou 
not  add  to  thine  own  nor  another's  burden. 


153 


1407 

^^TT^N  the  beginning  we  have  given  into  our  keeping 

§      the  different  pieces  of  our  lives  which  we  are 

commanded   to  fit  into  a  perfect  whole ;  this 

task  we  must  eventually  accomplish  in  the  eons  and 

eons  of  time  before  us. 

1408 

Ever  be  a  true  friend  to  thyself,  that  thou  mayest 
quickly  find  one  in  adversity. 

1409 

Men  are  continually  casting  thoughts  into  space  to 
fall  about  like  the  flakes  of  whited  snow  or  the  sooty 
particles  that  begrime. 

1410 

Be  it  resolved :  that  whatever  I  am  destined  to  bear 
I  will  respond  "  Amen." 

1411 

Dogs  are  not  altogether  agreeable  in  their  treatment 
of  the  community  at  large,  and  they  are  not  altogether 
different  in  this  respect  from  the  community  itself. 

1412 

Alas !  what  manner  of  man  is  he  who  would  rob 
another  if  circumstances  would  permit  ? 

1413 
He  who  shall  outwit  Nature  shall  be  greater  than  God. 

1414 

In  the  twilight  of  life  let  us  linger  in  the  spice -groves 
of  holiness,  where  the  weeds  of  fanaticism  can  not 
take  root  in  the  sacred  soil. 

1415 

Why  should  mortals  fly  in  the  face  of  folly  when 
discretion  bids  them  at  all  times  to  walk  demurely  in 
the  path  of  prudence? 

1416 

Even  as  the  fiber  of  each  mind  varies  in  quality,  so  is 
the  thought  coarse  or  refined  that  it  yields. 


154 


1417 

IT   is   a   marvelous   privilege   to   hold   converse 
with  the  departed,  and  thrice  blest  are  they  to 
whom  is  given  the  pleasure  of  consoling  the 
afflicted,  and  who  use  the  gift  wisely  and  without  the 
taking  of  silver. 

1418 

When  virtue  sighs  and  starves  and  sin  parades  with 
brazen  countenance,  call  not  yourselves  enlightened,  O 
peoples,  but  benighted. 

1419 

Thou  canst  find  a  compliment  for  thy  friend  as  easily 
as  thou  canst  find  a  flaw,  if  thou  wilt  search  on  the 
flowering  side  of  his  life. 

1420 

What  gaineth  a  man  to  fish  all  day  in  a  dry  creek  or 
to  pump  in  a  dry  well  ?  When  nothing  can  be  accom 
plished,  go  elsewhere. 

1421 

An  evidence  that  the  world  is  growing  wiser  is  its 
independent  inquisitiveness.  It  dare  question  and  it 
dare  sit  in  judgment  on  its  answers. 

1422 

A  stone  that  has  rolled  down  through  the  ages  without 
gathering  moss  is  a  clean  stone,  and  such  is  truth 
which  never  stops  rolling  long  enough  to  become 
mossbacked. 

1423 

If  the  focalizing  of  good  thoughts  upon  a  person  is 
beneficial,  what  must  be  the  focalizing  of  bad  thoughts  ? 

1424 
A  characteristic  of  freedom  is  its  love  of  country. 

1425 

Nature  makes  a  mighty  effort  to  expel  disease,  that 
the  spirit  may  dwell  in  a  wholesome  house. 

1426 
No  one  likes  to  think  that  greatness  was  ever  small. 


155 


1427 

the  spiritual  body  is  contained  within  the  ma- 
terial  body  or  if  it  envelops  it  (and  if  immortality 
be  true,  it  is  not  irrational  to  believe  either), 
must  it  not  be  nourished  with  the  spiritual  part  of  the 
food  of  which  the  natural  partakes — the  intelligent 
subconscious  brain  selecting  and  separating  with 
nicety  the  nourishment  according  to  its  requirements. 

1428 

The  stream  that  flows  from  a  pure  mind  is  pure  when 
it  flows  into  words. 

1429 

Why  select  inferiority  for  thy  part  when  superiority 
might  be  thine  ? 

1430 

We  may  hire  our  work  profitably  done,  but  not  our 
thinking ;  this  must  we  do  for  ourselves  or  suffer  loss. 

1431 

In  the  era  precluding  the  exercise  of  reason,  the 
world's  history  was  written  in  chapters  of  human  gore. 

1432 
Doubt  is  the  forerunner  of  progress. 

1433 

So  long  as  my  mind  dwelleth  in  peace  I  can  sing  of 
God,  but  should  it  leap  into  contention  my  song 
dieth. 

1434 

When  prying  is  shut  out  of  the  door,  it  tries  to  crawl 
in  at  the  window ;  and  only  when  the  gate  is  locked, 
is  there  seclusion. 

1435 

To  despise  thy  brother  is  to  crowd  him  to  earth, 
whereas  thou  shouldst  uplift  alway. 

1436 

Abide  in  the  truth  whenever  thou  findest  it,  whether 
or  not  thy  neighbor  approve. 


156 


1437 

'T  is  God's  decree  that  all  men  should  find  Him ;  and 
that  none  may  miss,  eternity  is  given. 

1438 
Dear  earth,  thou  art  overlaid  with  heaven's  reflection. 

'  1439 

Each  day  is  a  chapter  from  the  book  of  life ;  learn  thy 
lesson  well,  O  child  of  earth,  for  thy  Maker  may 
demand  of  thee  that  thou  knowest  this  very  hour. 

1440 

If  thou  canst  find  one  thought-gem  in  the  toil  of  the 
day,  it  is  thine  own. 

1441 

It  is  a  misfortune  to  be  born  rich,  and  without  those 
qualities  of  mind  that  make  riches  a  blessing. 

1442 

Pricking  a  bubble  before  it  is  seen, 
Plucking  the  trees  when  the  fruit  is  green, 
Answering  a  question  before  it  is  heard — 
Will  make  any  man  or  woman  absurd. 

1443 

Never  overdo  small  matters.  A  large  oven  will  hold 
a  small  loaf,  but  a  mammoth  loaf  can  not  be  thrust 
into  a  small  oven. 

1444 

Gold  is  not  man's  to  keep,  and  if  he  struggle  for  it 
he  can  only  play  that  it  is  his  for  a  day  and  then  toss 
it  to  another — and  so  runs  the  game  adown  the  ages. 

1445 

There  are  as  many  spiders  as  webs,  and  a  simple  fly 
for  every  waiting  spider. 

1446 

When  the  morrow  comes,  the  foolish  are  no  better 
prepared  to  reform  than  today,  and  they  who  wait 
never  reform. 


157 


1447 

ONCE  I  was  awed  by  the  approach  of  death,  but 
now  that  I  know  him,  I  love  him,  for  he  hath 
in  his  keeping  mine  own,  and  he  hath  promised 
that  I,  too,  may  enter  his  realm  to  dwell  with  them. 
Therefore  do  I  exclaim,   "  Dear  angel,   I  await  thy 
coming  with  perfect  trust,  and  with  full  confidence 
that  thou  knowest  best  when  to  call  me." 

1448 
Look   on  both   sides   of  the   fence   for   the   missing. 

1449 

Curb  not  thy  energy,  but  let  it  run  like  a  young  hart 
or  roe  over  the  hills  of  usefulness. 

1450 

If  thou  art  proud  hide  thy  tears  and  thy  wounds 
from  the  rabble  lest  they  mock  thee. 

1451 

When  fairly  cornered  by  reason,  surrender  and  she 
will  assist  thee  into  the  open. 

1452 
The   great   redeemer  of  mankind   is   understanding. 

1453 
A  slender  blade  of  grass  points  upward  like  a  spire. 

1454 
Behold  a  leaf  spread  o'er  with  tracings  of  Divinity. 

1455 

Demand  a  systematic  accounting  of  thyself  each  day 
for  the  good  and  the  evil  done. 

1456 

The  fountain  of  perpetual  youth  is  not  found  within 
the  domain  of  excesses. 

1457 

Everywhere  present  and  nowhere  welcome — such  is 
the  fate  of  the  bore. 


158 


1458 

is  a  notion  extant  among  the  rich  that 
the  poor  are  not  favored  of  God,  and  a  prevalent 
notion  among  the  poor  that  the  rich  are  favored 
of  Satan,  which  can  be  explained  on  no  other  hypoth 
esis  than  that  the  one  entertains  the  notion  that  God 
is  the  dispenser  of  money,  and  the  other  that  the 
Devil  is. 

1459 

A  few  drops  of  essence  of  good  breeding  will  prevent 
giving  and  taking  offense. 

1460 
It  may  be  harmful  to  endure,  but  worse  to  harm. 

1461 

Like  water  without  motion,  a  life  without  ups  and 
downs  would  become  too  monotonous  to  be  interesting. 

1462 

When  Dame  Flattery  smooths  her  gown  and  adjusts 
her  goggles,  it  is  wise,  O  virtuous  maid,  to  change 
your  seat ;  and  whenever  her  son  is  present,  it  is 
opportune  to  retreat  before  he  opens  speech. 

1463 

Peace  cometh  with  the  determination  to  lead  a 
cleanly  life,  but  destruction  cometh  with  the  storms 
of  immorality. 

1464 

Comfort,  mortals  require ;  but  luxury  could  be  lopped 
off  without  injury. 

1465 

The  days  of  the  toiler  are  less  exhausting  than  the 
days  of  the  idler,  for  one  has  strength  and  the  other 
weakness. 

1466 

The  value  of  a  life  can  not  be  estimated  by  man ;  it 
may  appear  worthless  and  yet  be  a  precious  stone 
in  the  great  building  of  the  universe. 


159 


1467 

'jr  ¥LL  the  philosophies  and  religions  of  the  past 
I  I  have  led  up  to  the  present  moment  of  inspira- 
tion,  which  is  the  most  wonderful  outpouring 
of  the  spirit  of  Divine  wisdom  that  the  world  has  ever 
known,  and  the  words  that  are  now  being  penned  by 
moderns  will  live  longer  than  the  utterances  of  the 
ancients.  This  may  sound  boastful,  yet  it  is  only  the 
natural  growth  of  religious  thought. 

1468 

Every  flower  that  is  born  into  life  cometh  with  labor, 
and  were  our  ear  practised  we  might  hear  Nature 
sigh. 

1469 
Perfection  is  the  goal  of  man,  and  diligence  is  the  way. 

1470 
The  garment  of  death  is  Immortality. 

1471 

Were  a  monument  of  gratitude  erected  to  the  memory 
of  every  monarch  who  has  made  the  world  wiser, 
they  might  not  stand  closer  on  the  road  than  the 
sphinxes  of  old. 

1472 
As  lasting  as  light  are  the  attributes  of  the  soul. 

1473 
The  whirligig  of  time  is  a  perpetual  round  of  death. 

1474 
It  is  wiser  to  lose  a  friend  than  to  yield  a  principle. 

1475 

He  who  doeth  a  wrong  shall  in  no  wise  escape  the 
heavy  hand  of  retribution,  be  it  soon  or  in  the  distant 
years  of  eternity. 

1476 

In  the  great  ocean  of  life  there  are  many  beautiful 
islands  on  which  we  tarry  on  our  journey. 


160 


1477 

aS  years  are  added  disgrace  grows  heavier  until 
the  grave  is  courted  by  a  sufferer  as  a  welcome 
retreat  from  the  world ;  but  if  immortality  be 
true,  which  is  probable,  and  individuality  be  retained, 
which  is  probable,  why  should  the  putting  on  of  new 
garments  change  the  course  of  the  thoughts  and  make 
souls  forget  those  things  that  belong  to  the  realm  of 
mind  ?  It  would  seem  wholesome  to  preach  that  death 
will  not  change  the  mind.  It  would  make  men  more 
careful  of  their  acts. 

1478 
In   the   sunlight   make   provision   for   the   darkness. 

1479 

To  what  may  we  attribute  our  shortcomings  if  our 
religion  and  our  morals  are  correct? 

1480 

When  the  watchdog  of  suspicion  tugs  at  the  chain, 
prudence  says  keep  out  of  the  enclosure. 

1481 

Sunlight  for  the  practical,  and  moonlight  for  the 
sentimental,  seems  to  be  Nature's  own  suggestion. 

1482 

Memory  is  an  adjunct  of  time  and  runs  parallel  with 
it  through  all  ages. 

1483 

When  men  and  women  are  concerned  about  their  own 
salvation,  they  are  usually  concerned  about  their 
neighbors'.  Hence,  proselyting  has  come  about  in  a 
most  natural  manner,  but  with  most  uncertain  results. 

1484 

A  most  favorable  moment  for  examining  the  soul  is 
when  it  is  preparing  to  leave  the  body  for  dreamland  ; 
and  when  it  returns  from  thence,  ask  again  of  its 
intention  during  its  daily  routine,  and  whether  its 
conduct  will  square  with  a  tender  conscience. 


161 


1485 

(EYOND  the  green  fields  of  earth  methinks 
there  is  a  world  of  surpassing  beauty  wherein 
are  congregated  the  loved  who  await  us  with 
expectant  joy,  eager  to  lead  us  beside  the  flowing 
waters  of  health  where  we  may  slake  our  thirst 
abundantly. 

I486 

The  artisan  places  one  brick  upon  another  until  the 
structure  is  complete,  and  thus  are  laid  the  experi 
ences  of  life  until  the  temple  is  finished. 

1487 

Some  are  determined  to  trudge  with  cares,  accounting 
ease  selfish. 

1488 

Whenever  thou  findest  a  friend  in  thy  sickness  and 
poverty,  thou  mayest  know  that  thou  hast  found  a 
disciple  of  God. 

1489 

The  friendship  of  one  silent  man  is  worth  more  than 
\the   companionship  of  ten  thousand  braying   asses. 

1490 

When  speaking  of  prosperity  it  should  be  defined,  for 
whether  it  rest  on  the  gratification  of  the  present  or 
the  needs  of  the  future  makes  it  stable  or  unstable. 

1491 
As  straight  as  an  arrow  flies  time  toward  the  tomb. 

1492 

Of  thy  bounty  divide,  lest  death  rebuke  thee  suddenly. 

1493 

If  good  luck  is  a  visitation  of  Providence,  ill  luck 
must  also  be ;  for  nothing  that  is,  comes  by  chance, 
but  is  the  effect  of  a  cause,  of  which  we  may  or  may 
not  be  cognizant. 

1494 
Age  divides  not  veneration  with  youth,  but  claims  it  all. 


162 


1495 

H  SCULLION  adorns  the  kitchen  and  a  groom 
may  be   brilliant  in  the  stable,  but  in  belles- 
lettres  and  the  fine  arts  they  might  be  dull ; 
therefore,  do  not  overleap  the  limit  of  thy  capacity 
if  thou  dost  wish  to  shine. 

1496 

Discipline  makes  us  promise,  but  inclination  makes 
us  forget. 

1497 

Commerce  makes  men  friends,  but  religion  makes 
men  foes ;  therefore  nations  are  most  civilized  by 
merchants. 

1498 

Any  one  may  read  from  the  book  of  fate  who  has  a 
mind  to  reason. 

1499 

The  caprices  of  children  are  accounted  unworthy 
respect ;  but  were  they  analyzed  they  might  not  be 
contemptible. 

1500 

Never  while  the  breath  of  life  is  with  thee  permit  thy 
tongue  to  speak  evil  nor  thy  lips  to  whisper  deceit 

1501 

One  is  liable  to  meet  the  ghost  of  the  past  at  any 
time,  and  if  the  deeds  have  been  foul  nothing  is  more 
terrifying. 

1502 

Whenever  there  is  life  there  is  God,  and  whenever 
there  is  God  there  is  growth. 

1503 

Persistent  and  systematic  effort  to  crush  new  truths 
as  they  appear  reacts  wofully  upon  the  worker, 
whilst  keeping  them  fresh  before  the  people  until 
they  can  be  discerned  by  the  many. 


163 


1504 

the  beautiful  and  shining  Venus  to  come 
within  reach  it  would  lose  charm  and  brilliancy, 
and  the  lesson  herein  contained  is  plain :  that 
to  retain  the  attention  and  the  admiration  of  the 
multitude,  distance  is  absolutely  necessary. 

1505 

Self-conceit  will  run  the  human  engine  a  long  time, 
but  there  is  a  limit  to  the  number  of  pounds  it  is  safe 
to  carry. 

1506 
Legal  minds  do  not  look  in  a  lean  purse  for  a  fat  fee. 

1507 

In  some  far-off  day  in  the  future  the  people  will  say 
to  one  another,  "  How  foolish  and  ignorant  were  the 
generations  of  the  Twentieth  Century !  " 

1508 

When  looking  for  friends  do  not  look  in  dark  corners 
nor  unholy  places. 

1509 

Falsehood  may  not  be  so  rough  as  the  way  of  truth, 
but  it  is  a  much  longer  distance  to  a  safe  stopping- 
place. 

1510 

To  be  prominent  because  of  some  eccentricity  is  some 
what  embarrassing,  but  he  who  is  without  is  unnoticed. 

1511 

Free  institutions  of  learning  are  crowding  our  land, 
but  where  is  the  one  devoted  to  patriotism  ? 

1512 

Occasionally  there  cometh  a  vision  of  the  future 
so  exact  it  were  as  though  an  artist  portrayeth  that 
which  he  had  seen ;  whereas  it  is  a  glimpse  of  that 
which  never  was  but  is  to  be,  an  etching  by  the  hand 
of  the  Great  Designer  who  shapes  our  destinies  and 
marks  our  days. 


164 


1513 

CAN  any  one  affirm  that  God  is  omniscient  and 
omnipresent,    full    of  mercy    and    love,    when 
there  is  so  much  want,  misery  and  crime,  with 
out   losing   belief  in  a  personal   ruler   and   accepting 
the  theory  of  evolution  as  the  Divine  plan  of  man's 
growth  and  salvation? 

1514 

Variety  is  the  pass-key  that  opens  the  doors  of 
enjoyment. 

1515 

There  is  little  moral  difference  between  the  selfish 
poor  and  the  selfish  rich ;  but  the  world  of  art  is  a 
little  better  served  by  the  selfish  rich. 

1516 

A  chronic  grumbler  might  realize  the  beauty  of  life 
were  he  about  to  be  deprived  of  it. 

1517 

The  little  we  know  is  hard  to  tell,  and  all  we  know  is 
little  to  tell. 

1518 

A  king  and  a  queen  are  a  man  and  a  woman,  and  as 
such  they  leave  this  world  and  enter  the  other — then 
it  behooves  them  to  consider  themselves  as  they  are. 

1519 

When  a  lake  is  frozen  over,  the  depth  and  clearness 
of  the  water  can  not  be  easily  determined ;  thus, 
when  the  heart  is  frozen,  are  its  depths  a  secret  until 
thawed  by  the  sunshine  of  love  and  sympathy. 

1520 

A  man  of  moods  is  like  changeable  weather,  which 
has  to  be  endured  regardless  of  pleasure  or  comfort. 

1521 

In  proportion  to  our  discernment  are  the  benefits  of 
society. 


165 


1522 

Those  who  hunger  and  thirst  after  righteousness  are 
not  satisfied  with  esoteric  ceremonies ;  they  must  be 
fed  with  the  esoteric  bread  of  life — then  will  the 
famished  spirit  revive. 

1523 

The  point  of  a  needle  is  small,  but  its  thrust  is  pain- 
ful ;  so  is  it  with  a  sharp  word. 

1524 

He  who  has  the  finger  of  scorn  pointed  at  him  quakes 
as  with  the  fear  of  forked  lightning. 

1525 

The  beauty  of  life  is  not  seen  in  a  twinkling,  but  is 
unrolled  as  the  ages  advance  in  worlds  without  end. 

1526 

The  necessity  of  restraint  is  not  understood  by  the 
restrained. 

1527 

Liberty  is  not  the  safety  of  a  people,  but  the  lawful 
use  of  it. 

1528 

The  superiority  of  intelligence  over  ignorance  will 
never  be  disputed. 

1529 

If  thou  believest  in  a  devil,  in  that  degree  puttest 
thou  God  from  thyself. 

1530 

The  loud  braying  of  foolishness  soundeth  afar,  but 
one  must  listen  for  the  low,  sweet  voice  of  wisdom. 

1531 

Youth  is  not  more  fickle  than  age,  though  age  assert 
it  and  youth  deny  it  not. 

1532 

The  aged  climb  the  stairs  of  heaven  with  quicker 
step  than  the  young,  and  a  friend  always  stands  at 
the  top  to  extend  a  welcoming  hand. 


166 


1533 

The  wind  is  the  companion  of  the  storm,  and  together 
they  delight  to  wander  and  frighten  man. 

1534 
They  who  learn  to  wait  want  to  wait. 

1535 
When  a  prisoner  is  friendless  he  is  halfway  to  sentence. 

1536 

Punctualness  is  ever  superior  to  tardiness  in  all  the 
affairs  of  daily  life. 

1537 

The  most  desirable  quality  to  find  in  a  stranger  is 
probity. 

1538 

The  religion  of  the  future  will  prevent  the  lifting  of 
the  sword  in  mortal  combat  and  the  itching  of  the 
palm  for  another's  possessions. 

1539 

Silence  is  the  door  to  the  inner  temple  of  the  mind, 
and  if  thou  approach  thereto  with  noise  thou  canst 
not  enter  it. 

1540 

A  pure  thought  leads  the  mind  into  a  pure  atmosphere, 
where  the  whole  being  is  vivified  and  made  positive 
against  evil. 

1541 
A  safe  cure   for  indolence  is  the  lash  of  necessity. 

1542 
Talent  is  elastic ;  it  stretches  with  use. 

1543 
Sudden  wealth  makes  sudden  fools. 

1544 

Man's  origin  and  his  destiny  are  the  secrets  of  God, 
and  not  to  be  revealed  to  such  as  we. 


167 


1545 

[HOULD  man  try  in  the  morning  to  look  into 
the  evening,  or  in  the  evening  to  look  into  the 
morning  ?  Yea  !  Should  he  cling  to  and  live  on 
the  past  ?  Nay,  Nay !  It  is  decay ;  experience,  which 
is  the  soul  of  yesterday,  lives  in  the  present,  therefore 
let  him  abide  with  life  and  depart  from  death. 

1546 

The  law  of  attraction  is  ever  at  work,  both  in  physics 
and  in  ethics,  demonstrating  facts  that  help  man  to 
know  himself  and  others. 

1547 

A  revelation  yet  to  be  made  to  man :  his  relation  to 
other  things,  and  his  true  place  in  the  infinity  of 
surrounding  worlds. 

1548 

There  are  many  ways  of  burying  crime,  but  none  that 
will  lay  the  ghost.  It  stalks  where  it  will  and  when  it 
will,  keeping  the  gravedigger  in  a  frenzy. 

1549 

The  church  has  a  curious  device  called  a  creed,  to 
bind  reason ;  whereas  religion  should  be  as  boundless 
as  the  universe. 

1550 

Degradation  is  the  swamp -land  of  society,  making 
those  who  are  compelled  to  live  on  its  borders  quake 
with  the  ague  of  apprehension. 

1551 

Enjoin  no  man  from  seizing  all  knowledge  within  his 
reach,  for  the  day  may  come  when  there  is  a  famine 
of  time  and  his  very  life  depend  upon  that  which  he 
has  stored. 

1552 
t  is  a  certainty  that  they  who  love  light  will  seek  it. 

1553 
The  beginning  of  wisdom  is  the  desire  for  it. 


168 


1554 

CHE  most  convincing  evidence  of  man's  religious 
growth   is   his   determination   to   be   his   own 
priest  and  to  make  his  own  theology.  Myths, 
legends,   creeds  and  dogmas  he  examines  carefully. 
Fear  he  is  outgrowing,  and  he  dare  enter  the  holy  of 
holies  and  pry  into  the  ark  of  the  covenant,  not  upon 
his  knees  but  with  his   face  lifted   toward   heaven. 

1555 

A  man  who  does  not  think  with  the  age  in  which  he 
lives  has  as  little  part  in  the  world  as  a  bandaged 
mummy. 

1556 

We  shall  always  weep  when  our  loved  ones  pass 
through  the  portals  into  the  inner  chamber,  though 
we  know  they  there  await  us  and  that  our  names  will 
soon  be  written  on  the  scroll  of  entered  apprentices. 

1557 

The  trailing  of  garments  of  woe  is  an  outward  expres 
sion  that  adds  to  the  heart's  burden  when  it  is  least 
able  to  bear  it. 

1558 

The  slowest  traveler  could  keep  pace  with  religions 
on  their  way  to  liberty. 

1559 

Solitude  is  the  dwelling-place  of  the  soul,  and  there  in 
the  stillness  can  it  review  its  past  and  shape  for  its 
future. 

1560 

The  beauty  and  gentleness  of  Dame  Nature  in  her 
pleasant  moods  make  her  children  forget  the  cruelty 
and  suffering  she  can  inflict  when  moved  by  storm. 

1561 

As  humble  as  are  the  prayers  of  the  penitent,  they 
should  not  be  spoken  in  public,  lest  hypocrisy  learn 
the  words. 


169 


1562 

believe  the  world  was  created  in  six  days. 
Men  believe  that  it  was  made  in  periods  of 
time ;  others  as  truly  say  it  was  not  created  at 
all.  but  that  it  grew  from  a  seed  atom  cast  into  the 
universe  by  the  divine  hand  of  causation,  and  was 
warmed  into  life  by  the  divine  mother. 

1563 

There  is  no  resting-place  for  guilt. 

1564 

Laughter  is  as  spontaneous  as  vegetation,  whenever 
there  is  soil  enough  for  the  lodgment  of  seed. 

1565 

The  novelty  of  life  is  augmented  by  the  fact  that  we 
know  not  why  nor  whence  we  came  nor  why  nor 
whence  we  go. 

1566 

Pour  the  oil  of  peace,  O  most  holy  spirit,  upon  my  life, 
and  bathe  my  brow  with  the  morning  dew  of  wisdom. 
Let  the  East  sun  illumine  my  mind,  that  I  may  have 
discrimination,  and  the  West  sun  be  as  a  searchlight 
set  on  a  hill  to  guide  me  on  my  rugged  journey. 


170 


BOOK  FIVE 


1567 

PERCEIVE  a  glorious  presence 
beside  me  whose  eyes  are  like  the 
evening  and  the  morning  star; 
whose  breath  is  perfect  health, 
and  whose  words  are  sustenance ; 
whose  aim  is  God.  Will  my  spirit 
list  to  thy  instructions,  O  being 
of  light?  Yea,  verily,  and  I  will 
love  thee  and  I  will  obey  thee 
when  thou  askest  me  to  follow  in  ways  of  purity  and 
eternal  beauty.  O  spirit  of  wisdom,  art  thou  my 
guardian  angel?  Wast  thou,  as  I,  of  earth?  Thou 
sayest  yea,  and  I  believe,  for  such  as  thou  utterest  the 
truth  alone.  Beautiful  being,  if  I  am  worthy  thy  care, 
preserve  me  and  help  me  to  make  my  life  so  pure  and 
useful  that  I  may  be  a  co-worker  with  thee  when  my 
soul  withdraws  from  this  existence  for  the  higher. 

1568 

Whatever  savors  of  vulgarity  belongs  to  evil. 

1569 

Measure  for  measure  is  Nature's  revenge. 

1570 

All  generations  to  come  will  be  grappling  with  per 
plexing  problems,  for  the  infinite  hath  ordained  that 
the  finite  should  not  compass  the  infinite  mind. 

1571 

The  wings  of  thought  are  not  swifter  than  the  wings 
of  love,  and  their  flight  is  side  by  side. 

1572 

Liberty  is  not  another  name  for  selfishness.  Mark  a 
distinction. 

1573 

A  fair  life  perceive th  a  fair  world,  but  luckless  is  he 
whose  days  are  spent  in  deception.  To  him  all  things 
and  all  men  are  false. 


173 


1574 

VAST  continents  are  still  unexplored  in  art  and 
science,  that  will  some  day  teem  with  intellectual 
activity,  for  as  yet  man  dreams  not  of  what  he 
will  be,  nor  of  how  much  awaits  his  magic  touch ;  but 
in  the  coming  of  the  new  day,  when  old  things  shall 
have  passed  away,  the  mourners  will  be  many  among 
the  antiquarians,  but  the  young  shall  sing  Hosannas. 

1575 

When  too  many  creature  comforts  are  the  aim  of 
life,  the  soul  starves  for  lack  of  common  necessaries. 

1576 

Facts  fall  into  the  mind  and  lodge  in  their  own  little 
corners,  making  themselves  at  home  and  adding 
much  to  safety  and  happiness. 

1577 

A  debater  who  is  not  fair-minded  declaims  himself 
not  a  logician  but  a  dust-thrower. 

1578 

He  who  speaks  above  his  audience  is  not  more 
applauded  than  he  who  speaks  beneath  it. 

1579 

Tell  me,  O  teachers,  why  ancient  beliefs  are  received 
with  smiles,  and  fresh  and  beautiful  discoveries  are 
repulsed  with  frowns? 

1580 

A  clever  ruse  may  entrap  the  unwary,  but  ever  at  the 
expense  of  fair  dealing. 

1581 
A  jolly  fellow  is  the  rattle-box  of  society. 

1582 

Retaliation  is  the  gathering  of  firebrands.  One  is  sure 
to  burn  one's  fingers  and  smoke  one's  garments. 

1583 
A  nation  dieth  when  dishonesty  is  the  chief  ruler. 


174 


1584 

sorrow  sweeps  the  heart-strings  the  chords 
are  minor,  but  when  joy  strikes  them  there  is 
heard  within  and  without  a  strain  of  melody 
that  carries  the  mind  to  joy's  own  abode,  where  the 
happy  gods  prepare  pleasure  for  whom  they  love. 

1585 

Fortitude  should  be  sown  in  the  youthful  spring  of 
hope,  that  a  plentiful  crop  be  garnered  for  the  winter 
of  discouragement. 

1586 

Plotting  to  do  mischief  is  making  ready  to  drop  into 
trouble. 

1587 

A  man  is  not  required  to  count  the  leaves  of  the 
forest  nor  to  number  the  sands  of  the  sea,  therefore 
in  his  allotment  of  years  let  him  be  content  to  learn 
better,  fewer  things. 

1588 

To  have  ideas  and  no  words  is  a  misfortune,  but  to 
have  words  and  not  ideas  is  a  greater  one. 

1589 

If  human  drones  were  treated  after  the  manner  of 
bees,  behold  the  consternation  and  indignation  in 
every  hive. 

1590 

The  frequency  with  which  progress  is  assaulted  by 
opposition  proclaims  a  watchful  enemy. 

1591 

Wherefore  the  lines  in  the  face  and  the  tracings  of 
the  hands?  Are  they  the  workings  of  chance?  Nay, 
they  are  chapters  from  the  book  of  life. 

1592 

The  purpose  of  education  is  not  more  for  the  individual 
than  for  others. 

1593 
The  highest  tribute  to  beauty  is  respect. 


175 


1594 

The  exercise  of  the  intellect  giveth  man  his  happiest 
hours.  To  wander  at  will  through  the  chambers  of  the 
mind  affords  him  glimpses  of  paradise  that  the  flesh 
is  not  permitted  to  behold. 

1595 

Lead  me  by  the  right  hand  into  the  wide  fields  of 
thought,  where  I  may  pluck  at  will  the  blossoms  of 
eternal  truth. 

1596 

To  jump  from  error  to  truth  with  one  bound  is  the 
greatest  feat  a  mortal  can  accomplish. 

1597 

Though  every  one  loves  a  lover,  a  lover  loves  but  one. 

1598 
True  bliss  is  mental  equipoise. 

1599 

Righteousness  regards  liberally  and  giveth  a  blessing 
every  day. 

1600 

There  are  countless  paths  that  lead  to  God,  for  no 
man  treads  another's. 

1601 
Instead  of  being  what  we  seem,  we  are  what  we  are. 

1602 
By  way  of  merit  it  is  many  leagues  to  reward. 

1603 

Equipoise  of  mind  is  best  maintained  by  mingling 
society  and  solitude  in  about  equal  proportions. 

1604 

To  sift  slander  to  the  bottom  requires  time  and  labor 
which,  if  devoted  to  keeping  oneself  above  it,  would 
be  more  profitable,  pleasurable  and  convincing  of 
innocence. 


176 


1605 

QRESUMABLY   only    a    small    fraction   of   the 
universe  was   made   for   man,   and   as  yet  he 
adorns  not  his  fraction  with  becomingness ;  but 
when  he  shall  have  learned  the  great  departments  of 
his  life,  he  shall  have  dominion  over  much  and  be 
master  of  himself,  uplifted  and  uplifting. 

1606 

To  always  love  thy  neighbor  is  not  easy,  but  severe  is 
the  penalty  of  hating  him. 

1607 

Your  opinions  are  your  own  ;  be  not  too  generous  with 
them. 

1608 

The  willingness  of  love  to  do  for  hate  is  indicative  of 
its  godliness. 

1609 

There  are  many  words  to  express  ingratitude,  but  the 
baldness  of  speech  to  express  gratitude  is  embar 
rassing. 

1610 

The  alphabet  is  a  scenic  railway  winding  along  the 
foothills  of  knowledge  upon  which  trains  of  thought 
are  run  from  A  to  Z. 

1611 
That  which  is  dreaded  must  not  be  invited  by  thought. 

1612 

The  spirit  of  the  loved  goeth  not  into  the  darkness  of 
the  tomb,  neither  is  it  there  that  thou  canst  best 
commune  with  them,  but  in  familiar  places. 

1613    , 

Mild  manners,  like  gentle  showers  upon  the  ground, 
lay  the  dust  of  discord  and  refresh  the  leaves  of 
affection. 

1614 

He  that  resteth  after  each  great  mental  effort  pre- 
pareth  for  final  victory. 


177 


1615 

e ROWING  beside  the  narrow  path  that  we  daily 
tread    are    beautiful    roses;    even    the    most 
fragrant  have  thorns  that  pierce,  and  sometimes 
we  find  a  worm  in  a  heart  of  velvet,  yet  't  is  not  the 
rose   that    offends,   but  the  destroyer  of    it.    Here, 
then,  is  found  a  lesson. 

1616 
Beyond  the  earth  dawns  the  eternal  day  of  gladness. 

1617 

According  to  our  understanding  do  we  accept  or 
reject  the  advice  of  Nature. 

1618 

If  our  hearts  are  filled  with  all  manner  of  evil,  wherein 
is  there  room  for  good  except  by  casting  out  the  evil  ? 

1619 

Slow  turneth  the  wheels  of  knowledge,  and  slower  yet 
moveth  the  chariot  of  wisdom  on  its  straight  and 
upward  course. 

1620 

When  in  the  company  of  health,  the  voyage  of  earth 
seemeth  pleasant ;  but  when  disease  is  a  fellow  traveler, 
our  kind  mariner  makes  it  possible  for  us  to  disembark. 

1621 
From  the  roots  of  sorrow  spring  flowers. 

1622 

Vain  is  the  desire  to  become  great  if  born  of  limited 
capacity,  but  one  may  become  good,  however  par 
simonious  has  been  Nature. 

1623 

He  who  permits  indolence  to  slay  ambition  is  accessory 
to  crime. 

1624 

When  thou  findest  a  man  who  loves  integrity  more 
than  gold,  love  thou  him,  for  he  is  worthy. 


178 


1625 

O  thou  living  and  eternal  mind,  reveal  to  us  more  of 
thy  magnificent  plan  of  life,  that  we  may  more  enjoy 
thee  and  thy  works. 

1626 

Seek  not  to  conceal  thy  shortcomings  behind  apologies. 

1627 
A  coarse  mind  gathers  more  dust  than  a  refined  one. 

1628 

The  proper  way  to  bury  scandal  is  to  cast  it  into  the 
depths  of  oblivion  and  evermore  call  not  up  the  ghost. 

1629 
Nature  loves  her  responsive  children. 

1630 

Ignorance  perceiveth  not  the  glory  that  lieth  around 
and  about. 

1631 

Thoroughness  depends  not  so  much  on  temperament 
as  on  training. 

1632 
Enthusiasm  is  the  handmaid  of  success. 

1633 

Mortal  vision  is  so  short  that  it  extendeth  not  beyond 
the  shadow  of  things. 

1634 

The  perfect  morn  of  a  perfect  day — when  the  purified 
soul  transcends  the  limitations  of  earth. 

1635 
Up  !  up !  up  !  Forever  and  forever  and  forever. 

1636 
Beauty  hath  no  real  part  in  evil. 

1637 

Let  us  rest  in  the  belief  and  be  glad  that  the  ways  of 
Providence  are  governed  by  law  and  not  by  the 
petitions  of  men. 


179 


1638 

we  are  more  familiar  with  the  laws  of 
Nature,  her  ways  will  not  seem  so  cruel  when 
she  takes  the  form  of  a  loved  one  and  cradles 
it  in  her  bosom.  We  shall  say,  "  Sleep,  sleep !  "  and  no 
more  will  our  tears  disturb  the  soft  harmony  of 
the  lullaby  that  she  singeth  to  a  weary  child. 

1639 

Whether  it  be  near  or  far  to  the  goal  of  success  it  is 
never  downhill. 

1640 

Let  us  love  both  joy  and  sorrow,  for  they  are  the  two 
friends  appointed  to  accompany  us. 

1641 

Boldness  crowds  into  our  path  when  we  walk 
uprightly,  a  pleasant  companion  in  both  cloudy  and 
fair  weather. 

1642 
Whoso  liveth  without  sin  is  God. 

1643 

The  power  of  wealth  is  great,  but  the  power  of  mind 
is  over  all. 

1644 

The  shadow  of  ignorance  is  long  and  dark,  and  of  it 
the  thoughtful  are  sore  afraid. 

1645 

Begin  the  day  as  thou  shouldst,  and  end  it  calmly. 

1646 

The  morals  of  each  generation  are  sown  by  a  preceding 
one,  and  it  follows  therefore  that  the  quality  of  the 
crop  depends  on  the  seed  ;  then  be  it  known  that  each 
individual  is  accountable  to  the  future  for  the  acts 
of  the  present. 

1647 

He  who  wages  war  on  iniquity  brings  war  upon  him 
self;  nevertheless,  let  him  battle,  though  he  fall. 


180 


1648 
The  way  to  happiness  is  through  the  door  of  duty. 

1649 

Show  thou  me  a  man  who  hath  no  pleasure  in  living, 
and  I  will  show  thee  one  who  knoweth  not  how  to  live. 

1650 
Righteousness     availeth     more     than     armed     guilt. 

1651 
He  who  forgetteth  an  enemy  humbles  him. 

1652 

If  a  man  die,  shall  he  live  again?  Verily,  he  must  die 
to  live. 

1653 

He  who  acquireth  riches  rapidly  spendeth  contemp 
tuously. 

1654 

A  birth  is  a  sigh,  a  marriage  a  song,  a  death  is  a  sigh 
and  a  song. 

1655 

They  who  mourn  for  their  kin  and  will  not  be  com 
forted  know  but  one  world.  Were  they  familiar  with 
two  they  would  say,  "  Death  is  kind." 

1656 
He  who  truly  loves  Nature  truly  loves  himself. 

1657 

If  thou  findest  a  man  lost  to  reason,  do  not  attempt  to 
restore  him  with  argument. 

1658 
It  is  a   long  step   from  condescension   to   kindness. 

1659 

He  that  thinketh  evil  prepare th  the  body  for  many 
afflictions. 

1660 

A  book  acts  on  the  mind  either  as  a  poison  or  as  a 
food. 


181 


1661 

aPPARENTLY  men  are  drifting  on  an  ocean  of 
experience,  to  be  swallowed  up  by  death.  To 
the  outer  vision  this  is  a  truth,  but  the  inner 
sight  perceives  that  death  is  but  the  beginning  of 
experience,  and  however  many  times  a  soul  is  endan 
gered  it  will  eventually  reach  the  port  of  Paradise. 

1662 

C^A  sweet  disposition,  like  a  fragrant  flower,  lades  the 
air  with  delight. 

1663 

Thou  mayest  grieve  for  thy  misspent  time,  but 
through  all  eternity  it  will  not  be  restored  to  thee. 

1664 
One  prefers  to  look  like  a  fool  than  to  act  like  one. 

1665 

Let  thine  efforts  be  governed  by  good  sense.  Prayer 
will  not  bring  the  rain  out  of  a  clear  sky,  nor  will  it 
stay  the  torrent  when  it  is  loosed. 

1666 

The  stars  above  and  the  trembling  earth  beneath  in 
everlasting  revolutions  are  writing  the  word  of  God 
on  the  pages  of  the  universe. 

1667 

When  thou  shalt  have  done  with  fashion,  O  mortal, 
take  up  art  and  cover  thy  nudity  with  beauty  instead 
of  novelty. 

1668 

They  who  walk  in  lust  are  treading  a  deadly  morass 
which  will  engulf  them  though  the  way  seem  safe, 

1669 

There  are  many  apples  on  the  tree  of  thought,  but 
not  two  alike.  If  therefore  the  one  that  I  pluck 
resembles  thine,  or  that  which  thou  hast  plucked 
hath  the  flavor  of  mine,  let  us  not  accuse  one  another 
of  purloining,  but  of  similar  taste. 


182 


1670 

V?<OWSC>EVER  adroit  the  criminal,  he  will  some 

I  day  stand  at  the  judgment  of  his  own  con- 

*    science,  from  whose  sentence  there  will  be  no 

appeal.  His  trial  may  not  be  today  nor  tomorrow  nor 

in  a  hundred  years  hence,  but  a  thousand  count  as 

a  flash  in  eternity  and  time  will  avenge  every  wrong 

done  himself  or  another. 

1671 

Evil,  familiarly  called  Satan,  runs  up  and  down  the 
world  in  biped  form  seeking  the  company  of  bipeds, 
but  will  never  foist  companionship  on  any  one  unbid 
den — not  being  fond  of  the  upright,  but  loving  well  a 
cheat,  a  liar  and  a  doer  of  mischief. 

1672 

It  is  a  long  distance  to  perfection,  but  there  is  no 
short  cut  across  the  fields  of  selfishness  which  lie 
around  and  about  inclination. 

1673 

Those  are  they  who  will  rejoice  in  the  hour  of  their 
demise  who,  knowing  good  from  evil,  have  done  the 
good. 

1674 

Consider  ye  the  orphan  as  an  opportunity  that 
Providence  hath  given  thee  to  obey  the  golden  com 
mand. 

1675 

They  who  carry  the  burdens  of  others  are  they  who 
help  lift  the  world  from  savagery. 

1676 

Behind  the  door  of  death  stands  the  reader  of  thy 
fate,  and  thou  wilt  perceive  that  thy  destiny  is  just 
what  thou  writ  from  year  to  year,  and  that  it  is  read 
verbatim  et  literatim.  Thou  must  abide  by  it  until 
thou  canst  preface  and  present  another  tablet. 

1677 
Deliverance    from   evil    is   the   perception   of   truth. 


183 


1678 

Nature  in  her  pleasant  moods  makes  us  forget  the 
cruelty  and  suffering  she  can  inflict  when  she  is  in  a 
rage. 

1679 

So  far  as  we  can  ascertain,  vibration  is  accountable 
for  all  that  is. 

1680 

All  the  Bibles  in  the  world  contain  not  one  word  from 
the  living  God.  All  that  in  them  is  are  the  feeble  words 
of  man  asking  some  sign.  All  that  is  known  has  been 
found  by  diligent  search.  When  we  say  that  God 
reigneth  we  assert  our  belief  and  there  should  end  all 
controversy. 

1681 

Wish  not  for  riches  that  thou  mayest  have  more,  but 
that  thou  mayest  do  more  good. 

1682 

Demand  that  thy  spirit  keep  its  mortal  tenement  in 
good  repair. 

1683 

Fallacies  are  the  playthings  of  earth's  children,  and 
the  world  today  is  a  great  nursery. 

1684 

Whatever  path  leads  toward  justice  leads  toward 
heaven,  whether  it  be  Jew,  Pagan  or  Christian  who 
follows  it. 

1685 

There  flew  into  the  open  window  of  my  mind  this 
morn  a  beautiful  thought,  swift  from  the  deep  forest 
of  imagery ;  but  ere  I  could  cage  it,  away  it  winged, 
and  although  I  patient  waited  and  entreated  it  in 
gentlest  way,  it  would  not  return  unto  me. 

1686 

Beyond  the  mount  of  dissolution  there  lieth  a  vale 
of  peace  wherein  the  soul  may  rest  and  find  strength 
for  the  morrow's  journey  toward  the  infinite. 


184 


1687 

Say  ye  when  the  gates  of  wealth  swing  wide  for  thee, 
and  the  gates  of  poverty  open  for  another,  that  thou 
art  a  favorite  of  God  and  another  accursed?  Nay; 
that  is  not  true,  for  it  is  evident  that  gold  and  silver 
enter  not  into  the  law. 

1688 

Death  is  the  resurrection  from  pain  into  the  joy  of 
perfect  health. 

1689 
He  that  soweth  vice  will  reap  disease. 

1690 

Snails  travel  slowly,  but  if  they  go  as  fast  as  they  can, 
there  is  no  fault  to  be  found  with  the  pace. 

1691 

Toleration  and  compassion  are  two  qualities  of  mind 
that  should  be  cultivated  diligently,  for  each  is 
beautiful,  and  without  them  men  are  void  of  true 
religion. 

1692 

Never  cease  to  think  well  of  men,  though  their  deeds 
may  not  bear  mention. 

1693 

I  wot  that  the  memory  of  misdeeds  will  survive  the 
memory  of  good  deeds. 

1694 
Genius  is  seldom  endowed  with  versatility. 

1695 

Let  us  not  contemplate  the  trees  in  their  despoilment, 
but  think  of  them  as  ever  fair  and  aglow  with  leaf 
and  color.  Thus  let  us  view  humanity. 

1696 

Did  we  have  alternate  days  of  Summer  and  Winter 
we  might  appreciate  both ;  but  as  we  must  take  the 
weather  as  it  comes,  it  were  more  philosophical  to 
cease  complaint  and  declare  that  whatever  is  is  good. 


185 


1697 

OHE  sons  and  daughters  of  art  and  fiction  labor 
with  the  sunbeams  and  the  moonbeams  and 
the  rain -clouds,  turning  them  into  graceful  and 
fanciful  designs,  and  existence  is  made  more  beauteous 
by  festooning  these  decorations  along  the  pathway  of 
the  caretakers. 

1698 

The  reasoning  mind  under  all  circumstances  is  a 
sober  mind,  and  the  intoxicated  mind  under  no  cir 
cumstances  is  a  reasoning  mind. 

1699 

Of  what  superfine  quality  of  substance  must  be  the 
spiritual  body  which  encompasses  the  mortal  body, 
not  to  be  perceived  by  the  natural  eye. 

1700 

Fortune  has  knocked  loud  at  many  a  door  and  has 
not  been  admitted  by  the  master  of  the  house. 

1701 

Be  not  too  imitative,  though  thy  model  be  perfect. 
Originality  diminishes  in  proportion  as  it  is  sacrificed 
to  copying. 

1702 

Conceit  is  a  closer  companion  of  ignorance  than  of 
learning. 

1703 

Subject  thy  religion  and  thy  morals  to  the  closest 
cross-examination  day  after  day,  and  if  thou  receive 
not  a  clear  and  prompt  answer  thou  wilt  know  there 
is  a  weak  place  that  needs  particular  attention. 

1704 

How  can  sin  be  forgiven !  It  may  be  overlooked  by 
man,  but  God  does  not  suspend  a  law ;  hence  the 
natural  consequence  must  follow  the  violation  of  a 
law,  and  the  sinner  must  bear  the  burden  of  his  guilt 
until  he  adjusts  himself  to  the  laws  of  his  being. 


186 


1705 

SE    men    of   prejudice,    can    ye    give    one  plain 
reason    why    old    beliefs    should    be    superior 
to  new  ?  Or  why  an  ancient  chronicle  should  be 
more  trustworthy  than  a  modern  one,  or  why  a  time- 
worn  parchment  of  the  First  Century  should  contain 
more  of  divine  guidance  than  a  fresh  manuscript  of 
this  century? 

1706 

Were  the  energy  that  is  wasted  on  regrets  used  for 
directing  new  enterprises,  it  would  bring  forth  more 
than  repining  and  failure. 

1707 

The  subtle  force  that  is  exerted  over  our  lives  by  our 
own  thoughts  and  the  thoughts  of  others  is  a  problem 
that  we  would  do  well  to  solve. 

1708 

Believe  that  the  mind  has  power  to  correct  the 
infirmities  of  the  body  and  train  it  accordingly. 

1709 

A  bungling  operator  transmits  a  bungling  message ; 
therefore  one  should  make  due  allowance  for  mistakes 
in  all  that  is  sent  over  the  lines  of  gossip. 

1710 

A  simpleton  is  he  who  pronounces  cat,  dog,  or  dog, 
cat ;  and  why  is  not  he  who  calls  allegory  fact  ? 

1711 
Sorrow  and  pleasure  are  always  within  call. 

1712 

We  know  not  nor  could  we  comprehend  the  how  and 
the  why  of  our  being  in  this,  our  childhood. 

1713 

Give  your  best  thoughts  to  the  world,  and  whether 
the  world  be  pleased  or  displeased  it  will  spare  time 
to  inform  you. 


187 


1714 

From  celestial  spheres  thoughts  float  out  through  the 
ether,  like  pollen  blown  by  the  zephyrs,  to  fertilize 
the  mind  that  is  ready  to  receive. 

1715 

If  a  man  would  gather  grapes  he  must  walk  in  the 
vineyard. 

1716 

It  is  pleasurable  to  know  the  good  and  ever  painful 
to  know  the  bad. 

1717 

The  closer  we  attend  to  our  own  affairs,  the  more  is 
the  public  good  conserved. 

1718 

Did  the  people  know  perfection  they  would  abhor 
imperfection. 

1719 

Wherever  severity  may  go  it  will  encounter  antago 
nism. 

1720 
Contumely  is  the  reward  of  ill-doing. 

1721 
Open  the  door  of  thy  soul  and  look  therein  for  beauty. 

1722 
When  Thrift  forsakes  the  cottage,  Poverty  moves  in. 

1723 

If  we  are  obliged  to  rub  elbows  with  others,  we  need 
not  abrade  the  cuticle. 

1724 

Could  every  disciple  of  art  and  literature  have  proper 
environment,  the  result  would  amaze  and  benefit  the 
world. 

1725 

Innocence  never  seeks  to  harm  sin,  but  sin  seeks 
innocence  to  destroy. 


188 


1726 
THE  ORGAN  PRELUDE 

OH,  subtle  and  harmonious  chords,  thou  makest 
my  heart-strings  to  answer  thy  weird  call. 
Thou  tellest  me  of  agony  in  minor  notes  and 
of  felicity  in  major  strain.  Thou  speakest  to  me  of  a 
fair  and  distant  realm,  of  a  sphere  of  sweet  sound — 
again  of  a  world  of  sorrow  and  of  waiting.  Thou 
givest  me  courage  when  I  faint,  and  thou  movest  my 
steps  without  fatigue  when  I  am  joyful.  In  throbbing 
rhythm  thou  tellest  me  of  the  onward  march  of  man 
kind  through  the  Great  Gates  of  Time,  and  leadest 
me  to  the  very  door  of  the  eternal  city,  and  there 
hear  I  hai  mony  echoing  through  the  sacred  chambers. 
Dear  chords,  thou  art  divine,  for  thou  dost  bless  and 
help.  Whenever  thy  vibration  reaches  mine  ear,  my 
quickened  soul  responds  to  thy  tenderest  expression 
of  love  and  to  thy  saddest  appeal. 

1727 

Dull  morals  can  only  be  sharpened  by  whetting  the 
blade  of  understanding. 

1728 

When  one  has  an  appetite  the  fruit  of  knowledge  does 
not  cloy. 

1729 

Every  one  desiring  silver  and  gold  can  not  obtain  it, 
but  alas !  that  learning  were  not  the  possession  of  all. 

1730 

So  odd  is  much  of  the  luggage  carried  to  the  ferry  of 
death  that  many  owners  will  be  ashamed  to  claim  it,, 
either  on  this  side  or  on  the  other. 

1731 

Comparison  and  criticism  are  members  of  the  same 
family. 

1732 

The  lettered  and  the  unlettered  may  predict,  but 
none  are  infallible. 


189 


1733 

Oh,  vain  thought  that  man  can  run  away  from  his 
own  mind  or  escape  the  prickings  of  conscience! 
Then  seek  not  to  forget,  but  to  overcome,  if  thou 
wouldst  know  peace. 

1734 

Fickleness  has  no  conception  of  fidelity;  with  it 
existence  is  a  nothingness  and  every  day  a  farce. 

1735 

The  people  should  require  that  every  vacuous  mind 
be  forthwith  stored. 

1736 
Consciousness  of  evil  is  growth  in  goodness. 

1737 

No  advantage  is  gained  by  trying  to  ward  off  skepti 
cism  with  well-turned  phrases.  Go  out  into  the  open 
and  defend  thy  doubts  with  the  strong  right  hand  of 
facts. 

1738 

If  you  buy  a  pig  in  a  bag  and  find  him  lean,  do  not 
cry  out  against  your  luck,  but  against  your  stupidity. 

1739 

More  will  be  required  of  a  man  and  a  woman  in  the 
Twentieth  Century  to  canonize  them  than  was 
required  in  dark  centuries,  for  as  knowledge  increases, 
ignorance  will  not  be  honored — saints  will  be  fewer 
but  wiser. 

1740 

Good  books  are  as  drops  of  pure  water  tossed  from 
the  perpetual  fountain  of  mind  into  the  great  basin 
of  humanity. 

1741 
Only  reasoning  minds  can  give  reasonable  opinions. 

1742 

To  be  forever  at  rest  one  must  cease  to  think,  and 
when  one  ceases  to  think  one  becomes  a  fool.  Eternal 
rest  therefore  must  be  the  Fool's  Paradise. 


190 


1743 

past  of  man  is  of  less  importance  than  the 
future.  Heretofore,  prevailing  religion  has  been 
a  strong  factor  in  forming  his  views  of  a  coming 
state ;  but  with  religious  evolution  comes  brighter 
pictures  of  the  soul's  abode.  Hill  and  glade,  bloom  and 
brooklet,  diversified  pleasures  and  employment, 
homes  and  privacy,  science,  art  and  culture,  and 
instead  of  endless  burning  an  opportunity  to  grow : 
such  is  Twentieth-Century  thought.  And  dost  thou 
not  prefer  the  new  to  the  old,  with  its  ceaseless 
torment  and  its  maddening  monotony? 

1744 

Begin  the  week  as  you  should  end  it,  and  end  it  in 
such  manner  that  you  can  begin  another  on  a  higher 
tone  of  the  ascending  scale  of  progress. 

1745 

Every  blade  of  grass  is  a  harp -string  of  Nature,  and 
every  leaf  and  bud  are  singing  notes. 

1746 

Another  thing  I  would  add  to  the  sense  of  hearing  is 
perfect  understanding. 

1747 

To  be  clever  at  one  thing  does  not  imply  cleverness 
at  two — this  confidently  believe. 

1748 

In  proportion  to  the  increase  of  intelligence  will  be 
the  increase  in  morality. 

1749 
Nero  was  not  more  despotic  than  is  appetite. 

1750 
Many  stop  at  applause  when  on  the  road  to  fame. 

1751 

To  think  nobly  one  must  live  in  an  atmosphere  of 
self-respect  and  self-restraint — yet  one  may  so  live 
and  not  think  at  all. 


191 


1752 

Worthless  would  be  the  argument  that  life  is  worth 
living  without  hope. 

1753 

The  faults  of  others  are  as  a  glaring  headlight — our 
own  as  a  dark  lantern. 

1754 

A  person  not  accustomed  to  stand  on  ceremony  is 
apt  to  fall  off. 

1755 

In  vain  do  we  look  for  perfection,  for  God  hath  so 
concealed  it  that  it  will  never  be  found. 

1756 

Inclination  to  paint  others  black  shows  a  trace  of 
savagism  that  partial  civilization  has  not  eliminated. 

1757 

It  requires  more  care  to  be  honest  than  to  be  dis 
honest,  and  this  may  account  for  the  preponderance 
of  the  latter  sort. 

1758 

If  fashion-mongers  were  drowned  in  the  ocean  of 
vanity,  it  would  be  accounted  a  calamity  at  first,  but 
eventually  it  would  be  considered  an  interposition  of 
a  Kind  Providence  in  behalf  of  the  weary  and  care- 
laden. 

1759 

When  the  mortal  sleepeth,  the  spirit  worketh,  but  it 
telleth  not  its  occupation. 

1760 
Knowledge  is  the  front  door  of  wisdom. 

1761 

To  whom  should  we  go  for  consolation  when  bereft 
of  our  beloved,  except  to  them  for  whom  we  mourn  ? 

1762 

A  soul  without  spirituality  is  life  at  the  frozen  poles 
of  existence. 

192 


1763 

OFT    have    I    wondered    why    the    approach    of 
religion  should  lengthen  the  visage  and  make 
slow  and  serious  the  voice,   and  this  have   I 
concluded :  The  very  truth  will  make  the  heart  to 
sing  and  the  lips  to  smile,  and  following  this  postulate 
takes  one  somewhere  near  the  thought  that  the  less 
of  truth    a    creed    contains,  the    more   seriously   its 
advocates  and  exponents  feel  called  upon  to  sit  in 
mournful  judgment  on  others. 

1764 

It  were  better  to  put  the  metal  of  our  composition  in 
the  countenance  than  in  the  heart,  and  when  the 
world  can  read  clearer  it  will  learn  that  many  do  this. 

1765 
Silence  is  thy  best  helper  when  anger  assaults. 

1766 

Liberate  my  soul,  O  dark  night,  and  rock  my  form  in 
the  cradle  of  slumber  until  the  god  of  day  returns. 

1767 

When  thou  knowest  much  thy  will  hath  dominion 
over  the  physical  body,  and  when  the  physical  is 
subjugated  then  the  spirit  walks  toward  the  light. 

1768 

Bring  me  thoughts,  O  my  spirit,  from  the  eternal 
reservoir  of  mind,  and  give  unto  me  understanding 
and  power  of  expression  that  I  may  speak  aright. 

1769 

Whether  from  Confucius,  Buddha  or  Jesus,  we  can 
learn  more  direct  and  useful  lessons  from  their  words 
than  are  presented  by  the  exponents  of  the  creeds 
founded  upon  them,  unless  the  speakers  be  animated 
by  the  spirit  and  dead  to  the  letter. 

1770 

The  soul  will  be  fond  of  its  future  home  if  in  the  mind 
there  lies  content. 


193 


1771 

aNTIL    such    time  as    the   wicked    cease  to  do 
abomination  they  must  grope  in  darkness  and 
in    uncleanness,    and    when    they    cease    from 
sinning  they  have  their  own  waking  conscience  to 
upbraid  and  rob  them  of  peace.  Verily  the  way  of  the 
transgressor  is  hard,  and  no  religious  system,  however 
well  devised  and  intentioned,  can  free  man  from  the 
consequences  of  breaking  the  laws  of  life. 

1772 

As  eternity  is  never-ending,  man's  work  will  never  be 
finished  nor  his  education  complete. 

1773 

Thy  life  is  not  thine,  that  thou  shouldst  barter  it, 
nor  hast  thou  authority  to  extinguish  it. 

1774 

The  trials  of  life  exceed  the  pleasures,  but  it  is  the 
trials  that  prepare  us  to  render  acceptable  service  to 
one  another. 

1775 

The  inner  vision  frequently  contradicts  that  which 
the  outer  vision  declares. 

1776 
The  wise  will  drop  conceit  at  the  gate  of  learning. 

1777 

We  are  not  apt  to  recognize  a  Judas  until  after  we 
have  been  betrayed. 

1778 

Custom  arbitrarily  moves  the  mind,  and  amongst 
the  weaker  vessels  of  humanity  its  influence  is  stronger 
than  reason. 

1779 

How  long,  O  foolish  ones,  will  you  permit  your 
thoughts  to  vibrate  with  the  inharmonies  of  life? 
Until  you  will  to  vibrate  in  harmony  with  Nature's 
divine  laws,  is  the  plain  answer. 


194 


1780 

OO  I  believe  in  Inspiration  ?  Yea !  Do  I  believe 
God  ever  conversed  audibly  with  man  ?  Nay ! 
From    all    the    inspired    writings    that    have 
solaced  my  soul,  I  have  never  found  a  line  worthy  the 
Deity    my    mind  hath  pictured.  Hast   thou?    Am    I 
attacking  Holy  Writ  ?  Nay  ;  I  am  praising  it,  for  when 
I  say  that  man  wrote  it  for  man,  I  am  reasonable  ;  but 
if  I  say  that  men  wrote  it  for  God,  I  defame  Him.  Thou 
mayest   condemn    me    for    confession,    but    my    soul 
telleth  me  that  God  will  not. 

1781 
He  who  tells  a  lie  must  prepare  to  defend  it. 

1782 

Good  logic  invigorates  the  mind,  but  bad  logic  weakens 
it. 

1783 

Take  steady  aim  when  firing  at  success,  that  your 
efforts  fly  not  wild  and  accidentally  kill  it. 

1784 

Get  your  facts  into  line,  and  your  conclusions  will  be 
less  refractory. 

1785 

To  reply  to  an  insult  is  like  barking  at  a  dog  should 
he  bark  at  you. 

1786 

Man's  life  is  so  interwoven  with  the  planet  on  which 
he  moves  that  the  change  called  death  probably  will 
not  altogether  liberate  him  from  it  nor  drive  him  into 
space  to  find  lodgment  beyond  the  call  of  love. 

1787 

They  who  mourn  for  their  kin  and  will  not  be  com 
forted,  know  but  one  world. 

1788 

Grown  children  hide  behind  the  door  of  policy  when 
an  unpopular  cause  approaches. 


195 


1789 

gMOST  reasonable  theory  concerning  the  origin 
of  man  is  evolution.  From  the  primordial  germ, 
through    a    direct   and    distinct   contact   with 
matter,  has  he  slowly  traveled  to  his  present  condi 
tion,  which  is  but  savagery  to  what  he  must  become 
in  the  never-ending  ages  of  eternity.  At  some  point 
he  began  to  grow  in  intellect  and  to  unfold  spiritually, 
but  at  no  point  will  he  likely  cease  to  be  or  to  grow. 

1790 
A  false  witness  is  the  servant  of  lies. 

1791 
Loquacity  begetteth  indifference. 

1792 

Benignity  of  aspect  must  be  accompanied  by  action 
if  it  would  retain  respect. 

1793 

Most  desolate  is  Love  forsaken,  and  its  deepest  cry 
is  not  heard  beyond  the  portals  of  its  own  heart. 

1794 
Companionship  is  mental  safety. 

1795 

There  is  no  progress  in  ignorance  nor  happiness  in 
stagnation. 

1796 

A  vigorous  mind  finds  leaping  more  exhilarating  than 
creeping. 

1797 

He  that  speaketh  with  sympathy  to  the  needy  is 
heard  in  realms  above. 

1798 

To  walk  in  semi-darkness  towards   Deity  is  man's 
destiny. 

1799 

Those  with  whom  we  played  in  the  Springtime  of 
life  we  rejoice  to  meet  in  the  Autumn. 


196 


1800 

HAR  away  in  the  silent  and  undiscovered  regions 
of  science  there  are  concealed  marvelous  things 
of  which  the  mind  of  man  in  its  present  unfold- 
ment  can  not  have  conception,  neither  could  he  utilize 
were  he  permitted  to  possess ;  but  in  millions  of  years 
hence  he  will  have  need  of  such  knowledge  that  he 
may   exist,   and   then   will   he  be   given   freedom   to 
explore  and  appropriate. 

1801 

In  man's  diligent  search  for  the  key  that  unlocks  the 
secret  door  of  mind,  vast  storehouses  of  knowledge 
have  been  discovered,  but  the  key  still  remains 
hidden,  and  I  wot  that  it  will  not  be  found  by  prying 
man  until  man  shall  become  like  unto  God. 

1802 

Love  is  reciprocal,  but  its  counterfeit  is  not. 

1803 
We  are  in  heaven  or  hell  according  as  we  will. 

1804 

A  lively  tilt  with  opposition  strengthens  determina 
tion. 

1805 

Men  shrink  from  slavery,  yet  pray  unceasingly  for 
money  wherewith  to  bind  their  souls. 

1806 

Let  me  hear  thy  voice,  O  my  spirit,  and  tell  thou  me 
of  myself,  and  whether  thou  wilt  leap  with  me  when 
the  mortal  sun  passes  the  horizon. 

1807 
Preparedness  is  the  beginning  of  action. 

1808 

A  man  of  letters  is  not  always  a  revealer  of  wisdom. 

1809 

Indolence    hath    fangs    and    inflicts    its   own    death. 


197 


1810 

CHE  frequency  with  which  mortals  inquire  for 
tidings  from  the  beyond  indicates  that  com 
munication  must  hereafter  be  regularly  estab 
lished  ;  for  when  once  a  desire  takes  hold  of  the  people, 
they  rest  not  until  it  has  been  accomplished ;  and  as 
only  a  few  of  the  possibilities  of  life  have  yet  been 
achieved,    no    one    should    account    this    among    the 
impossibilities,  but  as  one  of    the  delightful  proba 
bilities. 

1811 
Conceal  thy  sins,  lest  thou  teach  another. 

1812 

Good  night,  my  soul !  When  thou  returnest  with  the 
morrow's  sunrise,  tell  me  of  thy  hours  when  thou  wert 
absent  from  my  sleeping  form. 

1813 

There  are  sorrows  that  can  be  understood  only  by 
God  and  thee ;  and  though  every  one  may  perceive 
thy  pain,  thy  secret  and  thy  silence  are  respected. 

1814 

Be  fearless  in  the  extension  of  mercy  and  slow  in 
withholding. 

1815 

Is  reincarnation  true?  I  wot  not.  It  would  imply 
dearth  of  raw  material  in  God's  laboratory ;  and  what 
could  be  gained  by  passing  through  the  matrix  of 
earth  life  after  the  spirit  is  liberated  by  the  process 
of  death  to  unfold  in  a  clearer  atmosphere  ? 

1816 

Evolution  of  mind  makes  clear  much  that  was  incom 
prehensible  to  the  childhood  of  the  race. 

1817 

Very  gently,  my  soul,  lead  thou  me  hence,  that  I  may 
not  be  afraid,  and  that  I  may  know  the  way  should  I 
wish  to  return  to  tell  another  of  my  journey. 


198 


1818 

HET  us  imagine  the  world  for  a  day  were  every 
individual  in  it  bent  on  good  and  every  thought 
of  evil  obliterated.  Some  day  this  dream  may 
come  to  pass ;  there  is  no  reason  why  it  should  not 
when  truth  prevails.  And  what  is  truth?  The  truth 
is  a  perfect  understanding  of  the  law  in  its  application 
to  humanity. 

1819 

Early  in  life  fix  thine  abode,  for  better  a  crust  under 
thine  own  roof  than  a  feast  from  the  hand  of  charity. 

1820 

Whithersoever  a  man  goeth  with  vice,  sorrow  will 
follow. 

1821 

To  conceal  transgression  leads  to  trangression. 

1822 

To   be   intimate   with   cruelty   ends   in   degradation. 

1823 

If  you  can  not  see  through  the  hedge,  climb  it  before 
describing  the  adjoining  fields,  or  say  not  at  all. 

1824 

Give  me  thine  heart,  says  love,  and  I  will  give  thee 
mine.  Give  me  thine  heart,  says  selfishness,  that  I  may 
have  two. 

1825 

A  long  run  from  danger  makes  close  friends  of  the 
runners. 

1826 

With  variety  comes  pleasure,  but  overmuch  pleasure 
brings  satiety,  and  then  appears  the  demon  of  unrest. 

1827 
If  thy  mind  be  crooked  thy  acts  will  be. 

1828 

Apprehension  rough-rides  the  mentality  of  both  the 
rich  and  the  poor. 


199 


1829 
Condensed  thought  stimulates,  verbosity  enervates. 

1830 
Name  one  the  effect,  and  many  will  name  the  cause. 

1831 

What  is  the  meaning  of  my  longing  heart?  Whence 
these  sighs  and  why  these  tears?  The  mortal  life  is 
filled,  the  spiritual  lamp  is  burning,  but  alone  I  wait 
my  destiny. 

1832 

Forget  not,  O  living  spirit,  that  the  mortal  hath 
curiosity  concerning  thy  going  out  and  thy  return  to 
thy  house  of  clay  in  the  evening  and  the  morning 
of  every  day. 

1833 

Life  is  a  riddle  that  hath  many  answers,  but  which 
one  is  the  true  no  one  knoweth,  or  whether  or  not  it 
hath  been  given ;  therefore  dispute  not  and  multiply 
answers. 

1834 

He  that  delighteth  to  destroy  another  worketh  his 
own  destruction,  for  of  the  thought  that  he  project 
that  shall  he  also  receive. 

1835 

The  opportunity  for  character-building  is  free  to 
everybody. 

1836 

To  sin  betrays  mental  and  moral  weakness,  and  weak 
ness  is  imperfection  or  ignorance.  Man  does  evil 
because  he  does  not  know  enough  to  do  right.  Am  I 
contradicted?  I  again  repeat  that  if  he  knew  the 
ultimate  of  evil,  he  would  fear  to  do  it,  but  being 
ignorant  he  ventures. 

1837 
As  we  are  the  product  of  law,  so  are  we  subject  to  law. 

1838 
Why  fret  and  retard  all  good? 


200 


1839 

Hilarity  leadeth  to  excess,  and  excess  leadeth  to 
hilarity.  Join  not  thou  the  dizzy  world,  lest  thou  fall 
and  be  trampled  on. 

1840 

Open  the  book,  kind  Fate,  and  point  with  thy  pro 
phetic  finger  on  the  unread  pages  of  the  eternity  that 
lies  before  me.  I  would  not  pry,  but  I  would  learn  of 
thee  that  I  may  make  my  life  more  pleasing  to  the 
most  high  Counselor  of  Destiny. 

1841 

The  placing  of  thine  eyes  upon  a  star  lifts  thy  mind 
above  littleness. 

1842 

The  fashion  of  turning  up  one's  nose  at  one's  neighbor 
is  very  old  and  very  ugly. 

1843 

Who  are  they  who  speak  evil  one  of  another  except 
they  who  think  evil  things? 

1844 

Principle  is  always  at  war  with  dishonesty,  though 
the  victory  is  not  always  to  itself. 

1845 
A  lean  mind  should  excite  more  pity  than  a  lean  body. 

1846 
Spite  engenders  brutality. 

1847 

A  shrewd  commentator  regards  the  present,  a  wise 
one  regards  the  future. 

1848 

The  mortal  burden-carrier  can  travel  easier  with  a 
ton  of  good  deeds  than  with  a  pound  of  bad  deeds. 

1849 

Many  a  man  cloaks  himself  with  money  and  goes 
about  with  a  naked  soul. 


201 


1850 

Caution  will  go  a  long  way  toward  safety  from  sheer 
habit. 

1851 

'T  is  said  that  love  is  blind.  Nay ;  love  is  kind  and 
though  perceiving  defects  would  conceal  them  from 
all  the  world. 

1852 

Knowledge  is  not  veneer,  but  though  solid  it  may  be 
without  polish. 

1853 

A  grain  of  folly  will  cost  thee  more  than  a  full  measure 
of  prudence  in  any  mart. 

1854 

If  thou  wouldst  have  children  perfect,  present  to 
them  perfection. 

1855 
Scorn  begetteth  hatred,  and  hatred  doeth  no  man  good. 

1856 
The  exercise  of  justice  enlargeth  the  mind. 


202 


BOOK  SIX 


1857 

[EACE  and  war!  War  and  Peace! 
Thus  swings  the  great  pendulum 
of  human  destiny ;  and  were  it  to 
cease  swinging,  would  man  cease 
to  advance  ?  Answer,  ye  who  know. 
I  venture  to  say  that  when  he 
ceases  to  be  warlike  he  will  be 
come  more  spiritual,  and  then 
would  he  glory  more  in  the  power 
of  mind  than  in  destructive  machinery. 

1858 

It  is  not  a  whit  wiser  to  imagine  the  improbable  than 
the  probable. 

1859 

He  that  runneth  with  an  open  mouth  must  swallow 
some  dirt. 

I860 

Superstition  delighteth  in  a  full  belief  in  itself  and  a 
contempt  for  its  superiors. 

1861 

Greed  with  a  swift  step  and  a  quick  eye  may  over 
take  simplicity  at  any  turning. 

1862 

When  the  wolf  is  growling  at  the  door,  he  must  be 
driven  away  with  sermons  without  words. 

1863 

As  storms  are  predicted,  so  are  all  the  calamities  in 
life  if  we  could  read  them. 

1864 

The  hostages  of  fortune  are  most  erratic,  advancing 
and  receding  with  tantalizing  uncertainty,  which 
maketh  a  man  to  wonder  much  whether  he  control 
or  whether  he  be  not  the  plaything  of  chance. 

1865 
A  little  nonsense  eases  much  monotony. 


205 


1866 

Calm  is  the  sea  beneath  its  ruffled  bosom,  and  so 
would  we  find  the  soul  could  we  look  deep  enough. 

1867 

Though  hallowed  may  be  the  past,  most  glorious  is 
the  present,  which  must  soon  be  the  past. 

1868 

Though  a  man  breathe,  he  may  not  live;  but  if  he 
live,  naught  can  destroy  him. 

1869 

Regard  thine  honor  as  thy  life,  and  be  not  persuaded 
that  honor  lies  upon  thy  sleeve  to  be  challenged  and 
wounded,  but  that  it  is  a  jewel  hid  between  God  and 
thee. 

1870 

The  public  will  applaud  hypocrisy  rather  than  indif 
ference. 

1871 

As  a  dash  of  seasoning  rouses  the  palate,  so  a  dash  of 
variety  rouses  the  spirit. 

1872 

When  following  a  premise  to  a  conclusion,  be  sure 
the  premise  is  in  line  with  fact — otherwise  you  will 
arrive  at  the  wrong  station. 

1873 

One  might  as  well  hold  aloft  a  brier-brush  to  keep  off 
the  rain  as  to  walk  about  with  complaining  to  keep 
off  adversity. 

1874 

Melancholy  refuses  a  cheerful  antidote  and  would 
die  of  its  own  poison. 

1875 

It  is  safer  to  walk  behind  a  bull  than  in  front  of  him ; 
and  it  holds  true  in  most  worldly  affairs  that  it  is 
safer  to  drive  than  to  be  driven. 


206 


1876 

Most  fortunate  is  the  possessor  of  principle,  for  of 
it  he  standeth  in  need  every  day. 

1877 
Servility  is  begotten  of  inferiority. 

1878 
Whoso  borroweth  trouble  payeth  in  advance. 

1879 
More  evils  are  conquered  by  teaching  than  by  fighting. 

1880 

Though  the  flavor  of  a  religion  may  be  enhanced  by 
faith,  its  quality  may  not  be. 

1881 
Authority  held  with  a  scourge  can  not  endure. 

1882 

If  one  enters  the  garden  of  prosperity  at  the  dawning, 
he  may  depart  therefrom  before  the  meridian,  unless 
most  faithfully  advised. 

1883 

If  thou  wipes t  the  brow  of  inferiority  today  thou 
mayest  wipe  the  feet  tomorrow. 

1884 

If  adversity  leap  upon  the  high  horse  of  prosperity 
suddenly,  walk  the  steed  to  avoid  accident. 

1885 

At  the  foot  of  the  tree  of  life  is  coiled  the  serpent  of 
lust,  and  as  yet  no  mortal  hath  crushed  it. 

1886 

Gold  hath  no  affinity  for  good  nor  for  evil :  it  is  the 
man  who  holdeth  it. 

1887 

A  hero  in  his  own  country  may  be  a  barbarian  in 
another. 


207 


1888 
Vulgarity    shineth    not    beyond    its    own    domain. 

1889 
Love  records  less  of  its  doings  than  hate. 

1890 

The  public  has  a  prying  ear,  and  there  is  little  of 
secrecy  where  there  is  much  evil. 

1891 

Hold  to  a  certainty,  saith  caution ;  but  reach  for  a 
higher  notch,  saith  ambition. 

1892 

The  latest  fad  may  be  the  silliest;  consider  therefore 
before  adopting. 

1893 

The  lash  injures  the  spirit  of  both  the  chastised  and 
the  chastiser. 

1894 

To  dodge  from  pillar  to  post  is  graceful  only  when 
accomplished  with  profit. 

1895 

The  good  man  hath  as  many  enemies  as  the  bad  man, 
which  is  too  many  for  them  by  the  whole  number. 

1896 

The  strength  of  individual  greatness  is  felt  more  by 
the  masses  than  by  the  possessor. 

1897 
One  nimble  mind  will  outrun  two  nimble  feet. 

1898 

It  is  a  long  way  from  what  is  to  what  should  be ;  but 
it  will  yet  be  traversed  by  society,  led  by  justice  and 
morality. 

1899 

The  bump  of  caution  can  be  abnormally  developed 
by  the. blows  of  experience. 


208 


1900 

x"ir"'F  the  Heavenly  Father  were  angry  with  His 
§_  earthly  children,  how  easy  a  matter  to  have 
^"^  given  them  more  understanding  and  save 
temper.  Nay,  the  Heavenly  Father  knoweth  not 
anger,  and  it  were  an  error  so  to  speak. 

1901 
Think,  and  let  no  mortal  prevent  thee. 

1902 

The  applause  of  millions  is  not  greater  nor  more 
pleasing  than  the  applause  of  conscience. 

1903 

Every  eye  hath  its  own  vision,  and  every  ear  heareth 
a  different  story. 

1904 

When  all  the  people  can  cruise  in  luxury,  then  may 
it  be  said  money  has  reached  a  dead  calm. 

1905 

All  religionists  are  given  more  to  prayer  than  to 
practise. 

1906 

In  all  departments  of  life  more  is  thought  than  is 
done,  and  by  this  law  if  good  is  restrained,  so  is  evil. 

1907 

Dishonor  rests  on  theft,  and  its  shadow  lieth  low  on 
avarice. 

1908 

Every  motion  hath  a  meaning,  though  few  be  regarded 
and  fewer  understood  by  maker  or  beholder. 

1909 

Perhaps  man  will  know  some  day  why  man  who  lives 
on  a  rolling  sphere  in  space  points  upward  to  heaven 
by  night  and  by  day,  and  never  otherwise. 

1910 
Behavior  unbecoming  the  gift  of  life  unbecomes  man. 


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1911 

'XTRAVAGANT  giving  leadeth  to  want  as 
truly  as  profligacy;  therefore  consider  thy 
gifts,  and  be  not  persuaded  that  thou  must 
change  places  with  the  beggar  who  asketh  of  thee 
thy  all. 

1912 

Patience  is  a  beautiful  flower  oft  found  in  the  noisome 
soil  of  incurability. 

1913 

The  philosopher  will  attribute  his  failures  to  himself: 
the  capricious  will  attribute  them  to  anything  else. 

1914 

There  is  only  one  law  that  makes  men  equal :  it  is 
called  equality  of  spirit,  and  there  is  none  other  that 
permits  them  to  fraternize  harmoniously  and  with 
out  interruption. 

1915 

Smile  upon  misfortune  and  thou  mayest  persuade 
misfortune  to  smile  sooner  upon  thee. 

1916 

The  ancients  knew  not  one  whit  more  about  man's 
future  than  the  moderns,  therefore  give  ear  to  the 
present  as  thou  hast  to  the  past  to  avoid  narrowness. 

1917 

Man's  imagination  is  never  more  fantastic  than  in 
the  future  and  unknown  realms. 

1918 

It  is  not  necessary  to  pass  through  every  experience 
to  gain  an  understanding :  observation  gives  the 
needful  lesson  if  we  but  heed. 

1919 

Before  committing  thyself  to  action,  look  well  to  the 
end — a  lion  may  be  there. 

1920 
Time  is  Nature's  avenger. 


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1921 

not  heaven  as  all  and  the  earth  as 
naught,  for  both  are  a  part  of  the  whole  and 
one  is  as  worthy  consideration  as  the  other ; 
live  not  carnally,  but  spiritually,  and  thou  wilt 
enjoy  one  and  inherit  the  other. 

1922 

Thy  thoughts  may  dwell  upon  heaven,  but  never 
upon  hell,  for  that  is  to  think  degradingly. 

1923 

Before  defaming  another,  examine  thyself  and  thou 
mayest  hesitate. 

1924 

The  fount  of  song  is  ever  overflowing,  for  both  clean 
and  unclean  streams  trickle  into  it.  Of  the  clean, 
quaff  freely ;  but  of  the  unclean,  one  draught  will 
pollute. 

1925 
Beauty  may  express  itself  through  evil,  but  falsely. 

1926 

The  advance  of  civilization  is  not  freakish,  but 
according  to  a  steady  law  which  no  religious  hierarchy 
may  with  propriety  claim  to  have  set  in  motion. 

1927 

The  testimony  of  a  king  hath  no  more  weight  than 
the  testimony  of  a  peasant  regarding  a  future  life. 

1928 

If  a  man  break  not  the  ethical  law,  he  may  not  fear 
to  die. 

1929 

A  poor  servant  indeed  who  must  be  lashed  into 
obedience. 

1930 

As  each  man  lives  on  earth,  so  must  it  be  with  him 
when  translated.  This  is  not  popular  theology,  but 
it  is  consistent  and  it  was  not  thoughtlessly  writ. 


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1931 

SOR  what  reason  would  we  have  others  think  as 
we?  Is  it  from  great  faith  in  ourselves?  Is  it 
from   benevolence,   or   is   it   from   a   desire   to 
dominate?  It  would  be  well  to  analyze  motives  before 
proceeding  too  far  into  the  rightful  domain  of  another. 

1932 

A  songbird  may  carol  on  a  dead  branch,  but  who 
would  remember  the  branch  and  forget  the  song? 

1933 
They  who  rob  the  form  of  sleep  may  live  to  weep. 

1934 

In  the  garden  of  the  soul  there  is  a  hidden  spring  of 
wisdom,  the  finding  of  which  is  the  sacred  duty  of 
every  individual,  and  to  him  who  drinketh  abundantly 
there  is  abiding  health  and  no  death. 

1935 

Sectarian  proselyting  to  gain  strength  by  numbers 
seemeth  wrong  to  any  one  who  reasons  that  secta 
rianism  is  not  religion. 

1936 

The  Omnipotent  is  no  respecter  of  personal  belief. 
The  law  reigneth  regardless  of  small  opinions. 

1937 

If  a  man  can  not  believe  all  of  the  several  great 
religions  of  earth,  he  may  extract  the  essence  of  each 
and  have  more  of  truth  than  he  who  is  filled  with 
any  one  which  hath  only  a  fraction. 

1938 

The  lowliest  home  may  invite  love  to  abide  therein , 
but  love  will  not  remain  with  discord.  Harmony  is  its 
life. 

1939 

A  dishonest  fortune  is  the  weight  that  will  at  last 
drown  its  possessor  in  the  dead  sea  of  remorse. 


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1940 

No  man  will  ever  become  great  who  hides  behind  the 
door  of  opportunity  when  it  is  open  for  him  to  pass 
out. 

1941 

To  gratify  every  wish  is  to  invite  discontent. 

1942 

Beware  of  him  who  proclaims  his  friendship  boister 
ously  :  the  true  love-song  is  sweet  and  low,  and  the 
listeners  few. 

1943 

There  is  no  surer  way  of  destroying  thy  life  than  to 
live  aimlessly. 

1944 
Homilies   suffer   most   when   confronted   with   logic. 

1945 

Fashion  could  not  stand  were  it  not  supported  by 
the  weak. 

1946 

To  defy  traditions  and  stand  firmly  on  the  rock  of 
personal  conviction  is  the  first  step  toward  individual 
freedom. 

1947 

A  man  appeareth  rich  or  poor  according  to  the  spirit 
within  him. 

1948 

The  pleasure  of  getting  to  give  is  so  much  greater 
than  the  pleasure  of  getting  to  keep  that  they  who 
have  tried  the  first  regard  the  last  with  honest  pity. 

1949 

The  cuticle  of  falsehood  is  so  tough  that  it  can  not 
always  be  pierced  with  a  single  word  of  truth. 

1950 

That  the  billows  of  fame  will  roll  high  on  many  shores 
beyond  this  is  a  most  encouraging  thought  to  the 
diligent  student  who  finds  one  life  too  short  to  com 
plete  his  lesson. 


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1951 

To  be  carried  along  the  line  of  least  resistance  often 
ends  in  moral  and  mental  weakness. 

1952 

Who  would  affirm  that  doubters  are  less  honest  than 
believers  ? 

1953 

If  thou  canst  meet  thy  adversary  with  urbanity, 
thou  hast  dulled  his  blade. 

1954 

The  perspicuity  of  reason  is  often  overshadowed  by 
faith. 

1955 

Meddlesome  are  the  pudding-sticks  of  society — they 
stir  the  whole  mass. 

1956 

Vanity  concerneth  itself  much  about  itself  and 
accordeth  little  praise  to  another. 

1957 

Persecution  is  as  savage  as  ever;  but  like  other 
ferocious  beasts,  it  has  been  driven  back  by  civiliza 
tion  and  its  attacks  are  less  frequent  than  of  yore. 

1958 

A  cackling  hen  betrayeth  a  secret  when  she  would 
hide  it — so  likewise  a  garrulous  friend. 

1959 

If  you  would  win,  run  when  opportunity  bids  and 
stop  when  it  bids. 

I960 
Avarice  loves  none  truly  but  itself. 

1961 

The   method   of  a   man's   labor   indexes   his   mind- 

1962 

The  fatalist  may  abide  happily  in  his  belief,  but  he 
is  not  rich  with  hope. 


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1963 

the  rainbow  arches  the  heavens,  not  as  a 
promise  but  as  an  effect,  should  mortals  behold 
the  beautiful  phenomenon  of  light — and  this 
is  right  because  it  is  true,  for  whatever  is  false  is 
wrong  to  entertain. 

1964 

The  imitator  should  possess  discrimination ;  because 
a  porcupine  wear  his  quills  upright,  an  eagle  may  not. 

1965 

Labor  that  degrades  morals  should  be  dispensed  with 
by  public  accord. 

1966 
Thought  is  sorely  afraid  of  a  brazen  tongue. 

1967 

Let  thy  soul,  like  the  lark,  sing  as  it  soars  upward 
in  the  morning  light  of  the  new  knowledge  that  shines 
over  the  fearsome  night  of  superstition  when  foolish 
man  said  that  God  was  wrathful. 

1968 

No  man  can  hoodwink  law.  He  may  drink  poison 
under  belief  that  it  is  not,  but  his  belief  will  not 
prevent  physical  consequences ;  and  the  violation 
of  a  spiritual  law  under  false  belief  must  also  prove 
disastrous,  as  it  must  bring  an  inviolable  result. 

1969 

As  a  plant  rewards  care  with  more  perfect  bloom,  so 
does  humanity. 

1970 

Consanguinity  does  not  end  with  blood.  The  relation 
ship  of  mind  is  a  closer  tie. 

1971 
One  may  wheedle  one's  own  mind  and  not  know  it. 

1972 
The  habit  of  indolence  is  strong  to  slay. 


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1973 

A  high  thought  occasionally  emanates  from  a  low 
mind,  but  a  low  mind  does  not  emanate  from  high 
thoughts. 

1974 

Men  are  always  trying  to  impose  upon  Nature ;  but 
that  that  Dame  is  not  to  be  hoodwinked,  is  the 
lesson  that  he  is  longest  to  learn. 

1975 

When  servants  ride  in  chaises  and  masters  walk, 
then  will  contention  cease  and  sphinxes  talk. 

1976 

If  you  prefer  faith  to  knowledge  it  is  as  though  you 
accepted  a  promise  instead  of  a  gift. 

1977 

Whether  it  be  preferable  to  think  evil  or  not  to  think 
at  all,  only  God  knows. 

1978 

A  copious  draught  of  logic  offered  by  a  fair  hand 
would  prevent  many  a  weakling  from  falling  from 
decency. 

1979 

Though  thy  name  be  unjustly  injured,  thy  soul  can 
never  be. 

1980 

Take  comfort  in  the  thought  that  thou  art  a  part  of 
God  and  have  been  assigned  a  place  in  the  universe 
which  thou  art  to  find. 

1981 

Link  thy  life  with  purity,  and  thou  wilt  assuredly 
reach  bliss. 

1982 

It  is  no  easier  to  leap  from  a  church-spire  than  from 
a  flagstaff:  be  not  persuaded  to  rash  experiment. 

1983 

Possibilities  are  everywhere :  it  is  in  the  selection  that 
one  showeth  wisdom  above  another. 


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1984 

That  God,  Nature  and  man  are  a  trinity  appears 
indisputable  and  indissoluble. 

1985 

Inasmuch    as   ye   lack   honor   ye    are   contemptible. 

1986 
Keep  thine  own  mind  clean,  lest  another  rebuke  thee. 

1987 

It  taxes  the  mental  agility  of  the  idealist  to  the 
utmost,  when  forced  by  circumstances,  to  jump  from 
an  elevated  train  of  thought  to  the  hard  plane  of 
realities  and  not  shatter  his  ideals. 

1988 

One  moment  of  self-administered  reproof  each  day 
might  restore  many  worthless  lives  to  usefulness. 

1989 

It  is  the  inheritance  of  principle  that  makes  a  man 
rich  even  unto  the  day  of  his  departure — and  who 
will  say  that  he  may  not  carry  his  possessions  hence? 

1990 

Science  must  eventually  overcome  any  cult  that 
antagonizes  it. 

1991 

A  boaster  and  a  pretender — what  can  be  said  of 
them  that  would  grace  a  page? 

1992 

For  what  reasons  are  traditions  flaunted  except  to 
bind  ?  If  a  man  desire  religious  and  political  freedom, 
he  must  refuse  tradition  and  be  moved  by  principles 
only. 

1993 

Most  blank  and  drear  world  were  it  without  music, 
pictures  and  books. 

1994 
Hatred  growls,  but  love  answers  with  a  kiss. 


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1995 

If  thou  art  tender  toward  all,  regret  will  never  prod 
thee. 

1996 

Be  not  over-confident  before  investigation.  A  hen 
frequently  cackles  from  fright. 

1997 

Blest  are  they  who  can  lose  the  worries  of  yesterday 
and  walk  with  the  new  day. 

1998 

With  a  swift  tongue  and  a  violent  hand  a  man  is  not 
the  best  equipped  for  success. 

1999 

Gird  thy  loins  for  a  fierce  battle  whenever  thou 
beholdest  tyranny  affecting  piety. 

2000 

When  the  supply  of  sympathy  is  not  equal  to  the 
demand,  it  is  customary  to  offer  a  counterfeit — a 
most  unholy  proceeding. 

2001 

Ignorance  is  a  constant  danger,  therefore  the  safety 
of  a  people  depends  on  individual  intelligence. 

2002 

^  It   is   a   difficult   thing    to    restore    confidence    with 
apology,  or  to  heal  a  wound  with  regrets. 

2003 

It  is  easier  to  retain  thy  possessions  than  to  regain 
them. 

2004 

If  thou  ask  of  a  beggar  a  penny,  be  not  disappointed 
if  he  refuse  thee.  Look  for  assistance  in  likely  places. 

2005 

Select  thy  companions  with  much  care,  least  it  be 
incumbent  to  assort  them  afterward. 


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2006 

Though  with  much  solitude  may  come  reflection, 
discontent  may  also  intrude. 

2007 

Sin  is  long-enduring :  as  neither  blood  nor  water  will 
wash  away  the  stain  of  guilt,  it  must  wear  out  with 
time  and  much  effort. 

2008 

In  a  degree,  contentment  is  everywhere  present,  and 
there  is  no  more  welcome  guest  on  earth  than  this 
true  companion  of  man. 

2009 

As  lost  time  can  not  be  regained,  see  to  it  that  thou 
press  forward  resolutely. 

2010 

Though  poverty  chase  a  man  all  his  life,  it  need  not 
overtake  him. 

2011 

The  voice  of  folly  may  be  sweeter  than  the  voice  of 
prudence,  but  be  not  deceived  by  melodious  sounds 
that  proceed  from  an  unknown  source. 

2012 

If  thou  will  to  be  rich,  thou  may  not  be ;  but  if  thou 
will  to  be  good,  thou  may  be,  for  righteousness 
depends  on  thyself  alone. 

2013 

Lo,  a  peace  comes  with  quietude  that  vanishes  with 
noise. 

2014 

Thrust  not  a  hand  into  thy  neighbor's  pocket  without 
permission,  and  invariably  withdraw  it  before  being 
bidden. 

2015 

Of  a  life  if  it  accomplish  nothing  but  the  satisfying 
of  physical  wants  it  must  be  written,  "  However 
thus  successful,  true  success  has  not  been  attained." 


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2016 

A  man  is  no  taller  when  he  stands  upon  a  pedestal, 
though  he  may  gain  in  appearance  and  estimation. 

2017 
When   thou   findest   a    good   idea,    use   it   honestly. 

2018 

The  effrontery  of  ignorance  is  made  bearable  by  its 
source. 

2019 

When  preachers'  acts  and  words  do  not  agree,  intended 
game  runs  nimbly  up  a  tree. 

2020 

Be  not  in  haste  to  swallow  gossip ;  as  it  cools,  much  of 
its  poison  evaporates. 

2021 

Ask  of  no  man  a  favor  if  thou  wouldst  be  king  of 
thyself. 

2022 

Whether  a  truth  be  offered  thee  by  Pagan,  Jew, 
Christian  or  Rationalist,  accept  it  thankfully.  One 
is  as  near  God  as  another. 

2023 

It  matters  not  what  the  guise  of  evil,  spurn  it  that 
good  may  come. 

2024 

A  boat  with  an  occupant  occasions  little  comment — 
not  so,  however,  an  empty  boat.  It  is  not  always 
what  is  seen,  but  what  is  not  seen,  that  mirrors  in 
the  imagination  and  sets  it  adrift. 

2025 

One  way  to  enfeeble  the  mind  is  never  to  exercise  it 
in  new  domains  of  thought,  but  to  bind  it  fast  to  that 
which  another  generation  taught. 

2026 

When  the  car  of  progress  comes  along,  step  aboard. 
It  is  more  refreshing  to  ride  than  to  run  behind. 


220 


2027 

What  is  it  to  thee  if  another  fail?  If  thou  wilt  add 
one  drop  of  ink  to  a  glass  of  water,  the  clearness  of 
the  fluid  is  changed  and  thy  answer  appears. 

2028 

Find  thou  a  cure  for  selfishness  and  dose  the  many. 

2029 

If  thou  desirest  defeat,  tell  of  thy  weakness. 

2030 

There  is  nothing  to  prevent  running  uphill  but 
commonsense,  and  this  saves  from  more  folly  than 
aught  else. 

2031 

Keep  a  close  mouth  in  strange  company,  or  thou 
mayest  disclose  to  an  enemy  a  vulnerable  point. 

2032 

Concentration  of  thought  comes  with  effort ;  there 
fore,  the  only  way  to  concentrate  is  to  concentrate. 

2033 

The  grandeur  of  life  is  not  apparent  to  the  masses, 
whose  appetites  are  those  of  the  body. 

2034 

The  facts  of  religion  are  so  few  and  the  beliefs  so 
many,  it  were  not  a  wonder  that  there  are  so  many 
doubters,  but  so  few  believers. 

2035 

Sacrifice  nothing  of  thyself  to  gain  an  insight  into 
another  world ;  but  if  thou  wish  to  accomplish  occult 
feats,  add  to  thy  individuality  until  thy  cubit  is  above 
thy  surroundings. 

2036 

So  various  are  the  duties  of  man  to  man  that  they 
can  not  be  contained  in  any  rule,  but  this  can  each 
man  remember :  to  measure  another's  virtues  with 
the  same  rod  that  he  useth  to  measure  his  faults. 


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2037 

The  largest  game  is  not  found  in  the  tallest  trees — 
sometimes  a  shot  is  missed  by  looking  too  high. 

2038 

It  defileth  self-respect  to  lean,  therefore  perfect 
health  is  right ;  and  if  any  part  of  it  hath  escaped, 
not  in  potions  but  in  Nature's  laboratory  will  that 
which  is  lost  be  found. 

2039 

The  full  meaning  of  cleanliness  has  never  yet  been 
thoroughly  denned ;  when  it  is  and  the  lesson  learned 
and  universally  applied,  there  will  be  no  more  trouble 
from  divers  sources. 

2040 

When  the  flame  flickers  in  the  lamp  of  hope,  see  that 
the  flame  goes  not  out,  leaving  thee  in  the  darkness 
of  despair. 


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BOOK  SEVEN 


2041 

BELIEF  in  a  future  life  makes 
happier  this  for  them  who  believe 
God  is  just  and  will  eventually 
draw  all  men  unto  Himself, 
instead  of  giving  the  larger  part 
of  His  family  to  an  enemy;  but 
they  who  entertain  the  notion  that 
the  majority  of  His  children  are 
doomed  to  eternal  suffering  can 
have  no  true  happiness  here  nor  expectation  of  any 
hereafter,  and  to  such  sufferers  are  we  bound  in 
pity  to  pray  that  they  may  see  the  impurity  of  their 
belief  and  come  to  a  holier  one. 

2042 
Want  builds  more  fortunes  than  plenty. 

2043 

When  expecting  riches,  train  thyself  as  becometh  one 
to  whom  much  is  given,  that  much  may  be  expended 
judiciously  and  without  selfish  motive. 

2044 
When  facts  are  lost,  time  uses  conjecture. 

2045 

Whining  is  the  infant's  privilege ;  but  who  would 
accord  it  to  adults  unless  infancy  had  come  again? 

2046 

Happiness  comes  not  from  a  visible  but  from  an 
invisible  source. 

2047 

The  populace  should  run  from  scandal  as  from  con 
tagion,  but,  alas !  it  runs  toward  it  as  though  its 
breath  were  health. 

2048 

The  wise  man  talks  at  the  right  time ;  the  foolish 
man  talks  at  the  wrong  time  :  in  this  lies  the  advantage 
of  the  first  over  the  other. 


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2049 

It  were  not  well  to  speak  of  old  age  in  the  presence  of 
failure,  lest  the  unfortunate,  being  in  years,  count  the 
remaining  days  and  try  no  more. 

2050 

No  one  admires  a  liar  except  it  be  himself. 

2051 

Lies  the  conscience  within  the  temple  of  the  body  or 
without  it?  Methinks  without  it,  and  that  it  taps  the 
brain  when  it  desires  to  speak. 

2052 
Penitence  can  not  obliterate  wrongdoing. 

2053 

Take  not  from  one  to  give  to  another.  Honesty  before 
generosity. 

2054 

Lust  is  discord,  and  better  that  its  notes  were  never 
struck. 

2055 

Remorse  is  man's  relentless  enemy,  pursuing  him 
even  after  death  if  he  hath  done  aught  against  him 
self  or  his  brother  that  is  injurious.  This  believe. 

2056 

Pour  not  thy  troubles  into  a  saphead  nor  make  a 
confidant  of  thy  servitor,  lest  the  hour  come  when  thy 
secrets  are  spilled  by  careless  handling. 

2057 
Where  goeth  truth,  there  goeth  safety. 

2058 

A  most  implacable  foe  of  civilization  is  stationary 
religion. 

2059 
A  gap  in  memory  is  frequently  filled  with  imagination. 

2060 
How  short  the  ferry  from  fifty  to  the  shore ! 


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2061 

Nothing  more  disturbs  the  mind  than  doubt,  and 
many  are  content  to  have  their  questions  answered 
by  the  political  and  religious  machines  made  for  that 
purpose. 

2062 

The  little  that  is  known  came  not  without  the  asking, 
and  the  much  that  will  be  known  will  come  only  with 
persistent  knocking  for  entrance  at  the  door  of 
mysteries. 

2063 

If  thou  wouldst  ask   favor  of    time  obey   Nature. 

2064 

A  first  glimpse  of  poverty  may  be  ludicrous,  but  a 
second  is  always  serious  and  dark  of  shadow. 

2065 

If  a  bird  fly  high,  it  is  a  bird's  privilege  ;  and  thou 
canst  not  give  a  reason  why  he  should  fly  low, 
unless  thou  hast  design  to  snare. 

2066 

Ambition  when  it  runs  toward  the  bad  is  more  difficult 
to  check  than  when  it  runs  toward  good ;  in  the  latter 
case  it  may  be  turned  by  a  shake  of  the  head,  whilst 
in  the  former  it  runs  till  it  falls. 

2067 

If  thou  desirest  adulation  earn  it,  and  it  will  not  make 
thee  so  ridiculous  to  receive  it. 

2068 

If  thou  art  determined  to  leap  across  the  moat  to 
reach  the  castle,  measure  thy  ability  as  well  as  the 
moat ;  success  depends  as  much  upon  the  man  as 
upon  the  span. 

2069 

Flowers  bloom  beside  virtue's  path,  but  however 
much  they  may  be  tended  they  will  not  bloom  beside 
vice. 


227 


2070 

As  no  man  knoweth  the  source  of  life,  no  man  know- 
eth  God,  however  much  he  may  prate. 

2071 

Between  smiles  and  tears  there  is  scarce  a  line ;  erase 
it  and  they  blend. 

2072 

Attempt  not  great  things  unprepared :  a  needle  will 
not  harpoon  a  whale. 

2073 

To  labor  for  love  seemeth  play :  to  labor  for  principle 
with  the  added  weight  of  hatred  and  persecution 
maketh  the  stoutest  spirit  to  bend  with  the  agony. 

2074 

Disturb  not  thy  neighbor  with  religious  harangue, 
and  permit  him  not  to  disturb  thy  peace;  for  if  ye 
both  look  not  further  than  books  for  authority,  none 
resteth  with  thee  that  thou  shouldst  attack  each  other. 

2075 

Dress  argument  plentifully  with  oil,  but  sparingly 
with  vinegar,  that  it  be  of  more  agreeable  flavor. 

2076 

Thou  canst  ape  good  manners  if  thou  wouldst  pos 
sess  them,  but  thou  canst  not  possess  thyself  in  the 
same  way  of  much  else  that  is  good  to  have. 

2077 
Every  thought  upward  cast  enriches  thee. 

2078 

God's  habitation  is  as  much  here  as  there ;  as  much 
there  as  here.  There  is  no  place  that  hath  more  of 
His  presence  than  another. 

2079 
Whoso  grumbleth  listeneth  to  a  doleful  sound. 

2080 
He  that  winketh  at  evil  hath  an  eye  to  enjoy  it. 


228 


2081 

A  life  uninterrupted  by  duty  would  be  as  monotonous 
as  the  river  which  flows  involuntarily  into  the  sea. 

2082 
Believing  that  God  is  just,  be  Godlike. 

2083 

When  once  drawn  into  the  eddy  of  indiscretion,  it  is 
oftener  a  youth  sink  than  he  be  saved. 

2084 

Twice  times  one  fault  are  two  faults,  which  are  two 
too  many. 

2085 
When  God  is  not,  life  is  not. 

2086 

It  is  vain  to  oppose  truth,  however  much  it  may  con 
flict  with  one's  previous  convictions. 

2087 

Better  a  day  without  meat  than  a  day  without 
reflection. 

2088 
Follow  a  hero  many  days  and  his  glory  diminishes. 

2089 

Act  with  as  much  decorum  now  as  you  expect  to  when 
you  reach  heaven. 

2090 
The    right    kind    of   literature    would    abolish    wars. 

2091 

Miracle  has  been  an  important  factor  in  past  religions, 
but  it  is  safe  to  say  that  in  its  day  and  generation  it 
was  not  believed ;  and  not  until  musty  with  antiquity 
is  it  respected  and  accepted  by  faith  alone. 

2092 

The  safest  artifice  that  woman  ever  used  against  man 
is  devotion. 


229 


2093 

Hurl  anathemas  at  vice,  but  never  at  individuals :  one 
is  harmless ;  the  other  is  vicious. 

2094 

A  rich  inheritance — a  spirit  of  fairness — then  thou 
wilt  give  and  take  just  enough,  and  justice  will  neither 
be  offended  with  thy  profligacy  nor  with  thy  parsi 
mony. 

2095 

Let  not  thine  infirmities  deter  thee  from  drawing  at  the 
wellspring  of  knowledge :  a  broken  vessel  may  hold 
some  water. 

2096 
Plan  no  deceit,  lest  it  become  easy. 

2097 

Confine  not  thy  mind  to  one  or  two  worlds,  but  beyond 
the  earth  give  it  freedom  to  consider  them  as  the 
sands  of  the  desert,  and  thyself  as  a  traveler  who  may 
tarry  awhile  in  countless  numbers. 

2098 

Spontaneous  wit  is  more  combustible  than  that  which 
is  green  with  age. 

2099 

Have  a  care  lest  frivolity  cheat  thee  of  time  which  is 
not  thine  own  to  lose,  but  of  which  thou  hast  been 
entrusted  to  grow  a  soul  worthy  of  inspection. 

2100 

Rest  takes  flight  in  the  midst  of  the  multitude  and 
returns  again  with  pleasure  in  solitude. 

2101 

Death  is  the  blossoming  of  a  soul. 

2102 

Because  of  grumbling  a  grumbler  gets  scarce  his 
share  of  joy. 

2103 
Good  is  the  outcome  of  experience. 


230 


2104 

is  the  dawn  of  the  Twentieth  Century.  I 
prophesy  not  of  things  material,  but  of  things 
spiritual.  I  predict  that  the  hand  of  man  will 
reach  upward  until  it  is  clasped  by  the  unseen,  and 
that  revelations  will  be  received  of  the  hereafter  that 
will  put  away  forever  the  meagerness  of  the  past. 

2105 

If  thou  wouldst  avoid  annoyance  act  with  ordinary 
sense  in  directing  the  course  of  thy  servant.  Thou 
canst  lead  a  mule  by  his  head,  but  thou  canst  not  by 
his  heels. 

2106 

Man's  inability  to  select  his  ancestors  ought  to  make 
all  men  decent. 

2107 

What  hurts  an  honest  man  more  than  loss  is  the 
thought  that  he  can  no  longer  trust  his  brother-man 
but  must  regard  him  as  a  cheat. 

2108 

When  science  shall  prove  immortality,  the  world  will 
rest  in  peace. 

2109 

Prayer  availeth  in  this  way  :  though  it  may  not  calm 
the  storm,  it  calms  the  mind. 

2110 

Happier  is  he  who  sings  for  his  dinner  than  he  who 
cries  for  it,  and  quite  as  sure  is  he  of  getting  it. 

2111 

Vanity,  alas !  is  ofttimes  pleased  to  work  in  the  garb 
of  charity. 

2112 

No  one  need  expect  to  enter  paradise  on  the  shoulders,] 
of  another. 

2113 

Whatsoever  the  world  chooses  to  think  of  thee  think 
well  of  thyself,  and  it  will  eventually  agree. 


231 


2114 

fOME  one  has  said  that  true  marriages  are  made 
in  heaven ;  another  that  there  is  neither  mar 
riage  nor  giving  in  marriage  there.  Science  has 
not  yet  invaded  the  domain  of  matrimony ;  but  when 
it  does,  right  marriages  will  be  made  on  earth ;  then 
men  and  women  will  not  be  permitted  to  please  them 
selves  regardless  of  posterity,  and  the  troubles  of 
mankind  will  be  half  over. 

2115 

Life  is  a  poem,  and  't  is  well  that  all  its  lines  are  not 
a  monotone,  but  are  both  grave  and  gay,  that  all 
tire  not  of  the  song. 

2116 

Starve  not  thy  soul  when  it  hungers  for  knowledge, 
e'en  though  the  gaining  of  knowledge  rob  thee  of  all 
beliefs  thy  ancestors  have  bequeathed  thee. 

2117 

When  the  air  is  redolent  of  sweets,  Nature  is  breath 
ing  a  benediction  upon  man. 

2118 

If  age  rocks  and  dreams,  youth  will  soon  be  doing 
likewise,  and  let  youth  considerately  remember  this. 

2119 

Thou  canst  not  think  well  of  thyself  if  thy  life  be 
unclean. 

2120 

A  true  history  of  famine  will  never  be  written ;  those 
qualified  by  experience  to  tell  it  are  not. 

2121 

If  the  parson  turn  out  a  poor  grist,  perchance  the  fault 
lieth  with  him  that  he  draweth  not  more  custom. 

2122 

One  may  lust  basely,  but  no  one  may  love  basely,  for 
it  hath  been  determined  that  love  shall  not  be  unholy. 


232 


2123 

Politeness  and  refinement  may  or  may  not  be  asso 
ciated  :  refinement  is  always  kind,  but  politeness  may 
be  cruel. 

2124 

The  croaking  of  men  is  not  more  tuneful  than  the 
croaking  of  frogs,  however  much  the  croakers  may 
dissent  from  public  opinion. 

2125 

Though  an  army  spring  at  thy  command,  lead  them 
not  for  spoils. 

2126 

Alas !  fear  is  the  possessor  of  a  thousand  minds  that 
rightfully  belong  to  joy. 

2127 

Social  equality  to  be  lasting  must  have  other  than  a 
metallic  base.  It  must  be  as  a  soul  speaking  to  a  soul. 

2128 
They  who  most  need  moral  guidance  seldom  ask  for  it. 

2129 
Temptation    and    folly — how    close    the    intimacy ! 

2130 

The  boldness  with  which  virtue  mingles  with  vice 
makes  virtue's  destruction  more  certain,  for  where 
there  is  no  suspicion  there  is  little  fear. 

2131 

Write  thy  thoughts  upon  a  page  and  thy  acts  upon 
the  opposite,  to  determine  whether  they  be  consistent 
or  whether  either  is  a  credit  to  thee. 

2132 

If  thou  dost  a  good  work  for  praise,  thou  wilt  miss  all 
benefit. 

2133 

Enchanting  are  the  realms  of  Nature  beyond  the 
earth,  else  it  were  vain  to  love  her  beauties  here. 


233 


2134 
Away  with  the  thought  that  no  mortal  liveth  chastely. 

2135 

Why  indeed  should  the  fiddle  provoke  the  parson's 
wrath?  Each  has  a  place  and  use,  and  one  may  be  as 
guiltless  as  the  other. 

2136 
A  whip   for  nothing,   but  kindness   for   everything. 

2137 

At  eventide  ere  thou  slumber  let  peace  enfold  thee  as 
gently  as  the  dew  falleth  upon  the  face  of  the  dry  land. 

2138 

When  a  good  thought  approaches,  leap  for  it  and  make 
it  thine  own. 

2139 

Only  the  flimsiest  education  is  gained  in  schooldays. 
It  is  the  after-study  of  the  great  problems  of  life  that 
makes  mortals  much  or  little. 

2140 

Be  not  amazed  that  children  are  depraved  until 
parents  are  weaned  from  lust. 

2141 

The  king  requireth  food  and  drink  wherewith  to 
sustain  him,  as  much  as  the  peasant,  because  being  of 
the  same  substance  one  would  perish  like  the  other  if 
deprived. 

2142 

Surely  a  man  must  become  humble  when  he  looks 
into  his  soul,  for  he  seeth  there  much  that  expresses 
vanity. 

2143 

Man  may  see  himself  in  the  forest.  There  are  great 
trees  that  point  direct  to  the  sun,  there  are  fluttering 
trees  that  seem  to  be  agitated  by  every  wind  that 
blows,  and  there  are  strong  trees  that  stand  much 
buffeting  ere  they  bend  to  passing  currents. 


234 


2144 
A  man  may  read  a  thousand  books  and  act  a  fool. 

2145 

Those  who  ever  rake  dead  leaves  have  not  time  to 
plow  new  soil. 

2146 

Why  cease  to  learn  and  fall  behind  the  age  of  thought 
that  is  pressing  on  the  brain  of  man?  Progress  is 
written  by  the  eternal  hand  once  and  forever. 

2147 

The  workers  and  not  the  loiterers  are  making  the 
world  blossom. 

2148 

Life  is  in  the  throbbing  present,  therefore  be  a  part  of 
what  is  rather  than  remain  a  part  of  what  was. 

2149 

Reading  is  entertainment,  thinking  is  labor,  and  there 
are  more  who  love  entertainment  than  love  labor, 
and  more  who  think  too  little  than  think  too  much. 

2150 

Simplicity  is  the  attendant  of  greatness  and  can  not 
be  long  separated. 

2151 

It  is  the  thinker  who  is  wise,  the  originator  and  not 
the  copyist  who  is  swift  to  discover  more. 

2152 

The  mightiest  forces  when  skilfully  controlled  and 
directed  produce  gentle  effects :  so  the  strongest  mind 
perfectly  controlled  is  the  calm  mind. 

2153 

If  life  were  one  long  pleasure-day,  there  would  be  no 
lesson-day. 

2154 

Turn  thy  back  on  fashion  whenever  the  dame  would 
lead  thee  beyond  convenience  and  fitness.  She  is  thy 
servant  and  should  not  be  permitted  to  dictate. 


235 


2155 

As  prejudice  is  always  ready  to  beg,  borrow  or  steal > 
it  should  never  be  admitted  to  thy  mind. 

2156 
A  man  may  speak  of  much  and  know  little. 

2157 

If  a  man  desires  to  toe  the  mark,  do  not  push  him  out 
of  line  by  thy  carelessness  or  ugliness. 

2158 

The  light  of  wisdom  burns  brighter  than  the  lamp  of 
religion. 

2159 

Liberty  clings  to  progression  and  presses  onward. 
Despotism  clings  to  retrogression  and  runs  backward. 

2160 

Monopoly,  like  its  prototype,  tries  to  get  four  feet 
in  the  trough. 

2161 

Fill  thy  neighbor's  ear  with  undeserved  praise  and  he 
will  glorify  thee.  Fill  it  with  deserved  censure  and  he 
will  curse  thee ;  but  hypocrisy  is  no  less  mean  because 
thy  neighbor  encourages  thee  to  dispense  it. 

2162 

At  some  future  day  a  bright  light  will  shine  over 
every  pitfall  wherein  a  mortal  might  stumble  from 
morality  to  immorality. 

2163 

Homely  oftener  than  extravagant  ways  tend  to 
virtuous  ways. 

2164 

Of  all  the  feeble  utterances  of  man  a  description  of 
God  is  the  feeblest. 

2165 

An  honest  man  diligent  in  all  his  ways  may  fail  if  he 
taketh  not  leisure  to  observe  the  ways  of  the  dis 
honest  man. 


236 


2166 
Into  the  mouth  there  goeth  much  that  defiles  the  mind. 

2167 

Though  time  fly  with  the  directness  of  an  arrow  and 
never  stop,  it  will  never  reach  the  Infinite. 

2168 

The  promise  of  heaven  without  the  promise  of  occu 
pation  is  too  uninteresting  to  be  alluring. 

2169 

Alas !  that  there  should  be  one  soul  that  does  not  bud 
and  blossom  on  earth. 

2170 

Alas !  the  withered  branches  and  the  gnarled  trunks 
in  the  garden  of  life  ! 

2171 

What  work  hast  thou  done  today  on  the  eternal 
statue  thou  art  chiseling  of  thyself?  Unless  thou  art 
diligent  there  is  danger  of  leaving  a  rough  block  when 
thou  dost  depart. 

2172 

When  vanity  reigns  supreme  over  the  heart,  time 
hath  a  sure  revenge. 

2173 

Trust  not  in  chance.  If  you  find  a  coin  today  you  may 
not  tomorrow. 

2174 

Naught  standeth  between  thee  and  thy  Maker ;  and 
if  a  man  step  between,  it  is  an  impertinence  meriting 
rebuke. 

2175 

The  wind  of  adversity  occasionally  blows  one  into  a 
port  of  safety. 

2176 

Though  the  prize  of  death  may  be  worth  the  winning, 
a  slower  pace  is  advisable. 

2177 
Where  love  is  not,  heaven  is  unknown. 


237 


2178 
shouldst   thou   declare   thy   conception   of 

to  me  anc*  re^use  an  ear  snouldst  I  declare 
mine  to  thee?  Hast  thou  not  charity  in  even 
so  small  a  degree  that  thou  mayest  not  listen  to  that 
of  which  one  can  not  know  more  than  another? 

2179 

Religion  should  be  the  measure  of  God,  but  alas !  it  is 
only  the  measure  of  man. 

2180 

Having  a  disposition  to  be  acrimonious,  cultivate 
urbanity. 

2181 

Debt  increaseth  the  woes  of  mankind  more  than 
aught  else  that  is  self-inflicted. 

2182 

Go  higher  than  thine  own  head  for  instruction,  even 
to  the  angels  who  bend  low  to  teach. 

2183 

Beauty  is  less  offended  with  flattery  than  ugliness, 
not  because  beauty  hath  more  discernment,  nor  ugli 
ness  less,  but  because  beauty  anticipates  and  is  pre 
pared. 

2184 

Theology  in  its  emphasis  of  doctrine  passes  many  a 
truth  without  recognition. 

2185 

Civility  that  costs  an  effort  is  worth  more  to  the 
,  giver  than  the  receiver. 

2186 

Listen  to  the  pleadings  of  patience  when  thou  art 
with  little  children,  that  thou  supplant  not  respect 
with  disrespect. 

2187 

If  thou  couldst  be  led  by  justice  always,  thou  wouldst 
travel  direct  toward  divinity. 


238 


2188 

To  increase  thy  possessions  a  hundredfold  without 
wrongdoing  need  not  harm  thee ;  but  to  increase  a 
farthing  at  the  expense  of  honor  must  degrade  and 
shame  the  indwelling  spirit. 

2189 

Whichever  way  thou  lookest  for  perfection  thou 
findest  imperfection,  and  this  need  not  make  thee 
captious,  for  it  is  as  it  must  ever  be  until  man  over 
takes  eternity. 

2190 

In  reasoning  minds  there  is  a  plane  that  accords  with 
justice ;  but  not  twice  in  thrice  is  it  allowed  to  prevail 
over  prejudice. 

2191 

The  sanctity  of  thy  word  should  never  be  doubted  by 
thyself. 

2192 

The  pleasure  of  living  is  enhanced  when  thou  learnest 
that  thy  mission  is  to  make  the  world  better. 

2193 

Fighting  is  derogatory  to  any  cause,  and  it  were  not 
impossible  to  settle  all  disputes  by  arbitration  were 
not  fighting  popular. 

2194 

Physical  punishment  can  never  exempt  an  offender 
from  the  moral  punishment  which  the  offense  hath 
earned. 

2195 

The  penalty  of  independent  thinking  is  the  loss  of 
timid  friends. 

2196 

Blest  are  they  who  live  right  in  this  hour  instead  of  in 
resolution. 

2197 

Were  half  that  is  written,  spoken,  the  world  would  be 
as  wise,  for  there  is  half  too  much  in  print  wherewith 
to  cumber  the  mind. 


239 


2198 

nET  there  be  no  misunderstanding  between  thee 
and    another,    for    where    there    is    misunder 
standing  there  is  distrust ;  and  distrust  breeds 
hatred,  and  hatred  breeds  evil,  in  a  small  or  large 
degree  as  thy  mind  is  moved  by  passion. 

2199 

The  secret  of  success  can  be  ascertained  only  when  it 
is  ascertained  what  success  truly  means. 

2200 

How  dare  I  define  God  if  thou  hast  eyes  to  look  about 
thee! 

2201 

Thou  must  see  God  through  thine  own  eyes,  and  not 
through  mine,  for  this  is  the  law  and  it  is  also  thy 
privilege,  howbeit  another  might  endeavor  to  cast  a 
shadow  aslant  thy  vision. 

2202 

Labor  degrades  when  the  laborer  hath  neither  voice 
nor  mind  in  his  vocation. 

2203 

Calmly  think  of  death  and  prepare  for  it,  as  for  any 
other  long  journey. 

2204 

Reason  tells  us  that  if  we  control  the  mind  we  control 
the  body. 

2205 
Inspiration  has  its  limits — the  human  brain. 

2206 

To  the  outward  eye  justice  and  mercy  appear  not  to 
be  meted  from  God  to  man  but  from  man  to  man. 

2207 

It  can  not  be  written  too  often  that  lack  of  cleanliness 
is  lack  of  godliness.  Piety  will  never  supplant  sanita 
tion,  nor  can  prayer  be  relied  upon  to  banish  a  plague. 


240 


2208 

If  thou  wilt  examine  the  brightest  spot  in  the  human 
character  thou  wilt  find  it  illumined  by  unselfishness. 

2209 

No  man  hath  a  right  to  make  the  world  worse,  and  if 
he  assume  it  he  must  also  assume  the  penalty. 

2210 
The  flame  burns  clear  when  trimmed  by  hope. 

2211 

A  light  heart  maketh  a  cheerful  voice,  but  a  heart  of 
lead  keepeth  to  a  monotone. 

2212 
Public  sentiment  is  as  variable  as  climate. 

2213 

When  one  is  most  useful  may  not  be  when  one  is  best 
known  nor  when  one  is  least  known,  but  when  one 
best  knows  others. 

2214 

Faultfinding  is  decried,  but  were  it  not  for  the  fault 
finders  there  would  be  little  reform. 

2215 

When  man  works  in  unison  with  law,  God  works  in 
unison  with  man. 

2216 

The  voice  is  an  index  of  the  feelings  when  Nature 
has  not  been  supplanted  by  art. 

2217 

Nothing  ever  has  been  or  ever  will  be  written  of  God 
by  the  human  hand  that  is  infallible. 

2218 

The  righteous  lean  toward  tolerance,  the  unrighteous 
toward  intolerance. 

2219 
Age  begins  when  hope  declines. 


241 


2220 

Bestow  not  all  thy  criticism  on  others :  spare  a  little 
for  thyself  as  thou  hast  need. 

2221 

Thy  loftiest  thoughts  can  compass  only  the  length 
and  breadth  of  thine  own  mind,  and  beyond  that 
thou  canst  not  proceed. 

2222 

The  gate  of  wisdom  opens  from  the  outside,  hence  it 
is  that  if  a  man  would  enter  he  must  let  himself  in. 

2223 

The  final  ditch  is  the  grave,  and  into  it  every  rider 
falls. 

2224 
The  mainspring  of  life  is  ambition. 

2225 

Busy  hands  and  nimble  feet  make  the  morn  and  eve 
quick  meet. 

2226 

Many  a  brilliant  mind  has  been  content  to  illumine  its 
own  life. 

2227 

The  restraints  of  society  tend  to  embarrass  candor 
until  deceitfulness  triumphs. 

2228 

Reserve  a  few  moments  daily  for  interrogation  of  thy 
motives  and  demand  an  honest  accounting. 

2229 

When  the  sun  goes  down,  the  city  plans  not  for  sleep, 
but  for  amusement;  but  should  the  time  come  when 
man  may  play  as  well  as  work  by  day  and  sleep  by 
night,  Nature  will  be  kinder  than  when  she  is  defied. 

2230 

Save  a  penny  today,  that  thou  mayest  spend  a  penny 
tomorrow. 


242 


2231 

The  engine  that  speeds  toward  success  is  not  novelty, 
but  monotony. 

2232 
Labor  to  discover,  rather  than  to  recover. 

2233 

The  speech  of  wisdom  soundeth  like  foolishness  to 
the  unwise. 

2234 
Thy  goodness  is  thy  good  friend. 

2235 

Hearest  thou  a  man  boastful,  thou  nearest  one  whom 
thou  must  hunt  when  needed. 

2236 

"  Forever  and  forever  "  is  the  writing  over  the  door 
of  the  individual  temple. 

2237 

The  children  of  one  age  are  very  like  the  children  of 
another  age,  but  adults  present  marked  changes 
when  comparing  one  age  with  another. 

2238 
When  curiosity  is  called  idle,  it  is  really  most  busy. 

2239 

The  low,  sweet  harmonies  that  Nature  sings  to  a 
listener  can  not  be  excelled  by  the  tones  of  art. 

2240 

When  thou  prayest  fervently  thy  spirit  leaps  from  its 
fetters  of  flesh  and  oft  brings  to  thee  thy  heart's 
desire. 

2241 

Alas !  that  fear  should  dominate  a  religious  mind  or 
turn  it  from  quietude  to  disquietude. 

2242 

An  assassin  stands  behind  every  evil  act,  to  strike  the 
high  low  and  the  low  lower. 


243 


2243 

points  the  hand  on  the  face  of  earth  no 
man  can  see.  It  may  be  but  a  moment  past  the 
hour  of  birth,  or  it  may  be  halfway  to  the  next 
striking.  So  little  knoweth  man  concerning  this 
world  that  he  must  rest  his  mind  on  conjecture. 

2244 

To  come  into  close  touch  with  the  human  family 
means  to  suffer. 

2245 

The  flight  of  years,  however  long,  reaches  its  desti 
nation  sooner  than  we  expect. 

2246 

Trim  your  sails  to  catch  the  breeze ;  't  is  better  thus 
than  God  to  tease. 

2247 

An  untruth  may  have  a  semblance  of  truth  if  agree 
ably  presented,  and  too  few  there  be  who  can  discern 
the  difference  between  what  is  true  and  what  is  false 
when  the  question  is  argued  with  skill. 

2248 

When  reason  works  in  the  garden  of  the  mind  it 
uproots  superstition. 

2249 

A  fair  mind  perceiveth  that  only  by  knowledge  is 
man  lifted  toward  civilization. 

2250 
A  poet  is  the  amanuensis  of  a  whimsical  muse. 

2251 

A  couch  of  down  will  not  ease  the  mind,  for  mental 
rest  cometh  from  invisible  things. 

2252 

A  man  may  not  blot  himself  out  of  existence  by 
thought,  word  or  deed;  but  by  these  three  may  he 
be  miserable  or  blissful. 


244 


2253 

Long  service  in  good  works  makes  the  worker  worthy 
of  gratitude ;  even  if  his  motives  have  not  been 
entirely  free  from  self-interest,  there  should  be 
cheerful  thanks  for  the  good  done. 

2254 

A  cause  may  be  meritorious,  but  to  win  applause  it 
must  also  be  popular. 

2255 

Revelation  has  been  slow  because  man  has  been 
cruel ;  but  as  he  becomes  more  civilized  he  will  not 
slay  his  neighbor,  as  in  times  past,  for  advancing 
new  theories  concerning  man's  destiny  contrary  to 
old  beliefs. 

2256 
It  is  good  to  pray  hopefully,  but  not  to  tease. 

2257 

The  lesson  may  be  learned  from  the  criminal  without 
the  criminal's  experience. 

2258 

Everything  is  holy  that  is  good,  and  that  which  is 
bad  can  not  be  made  holy,  but  must  be  abandoned. 

2259 
To  gain  unpleasant  notoriety  is  easier  than  to  lose  it. 

2260 

That  which  meets  with  the  approval  of  the  just  is 
apt  to  be  repudiated  by  the  selfish. 

2261 

Whether  a  dog  have  a  keen  eye  and  a  keen  nose,  or  a 
dull  eye  and  a  dull  nose,  matters  not  if  he  have  not 
energy  to  run  after  game. 

2262 

If  a  man  tell  thee  of  God  he  can  only  tell  thee  of  the 
God  within  himself.  It  is  not  given  to  man  to  explain 
beyond  his  own  capacity  of  thought. 


245 


2263 

'  y^VlVE  a  flower  to  some  one  every  day :  a  sweet 
rose  of  kindness,  a  white  lily  of  truth,  a  spray 
of  laughter,  a  bluebell  of  hope  or  a  soft-hearted 
pansy  of  sympathy.   All   these   and   many  more   in 
season   will   make   fragrant   the   day   for   giver   and 
\  receiver. 

2264 

Sweet  is  the  rest  that  cometh  to  a  settled  mind,  and 
for  the  sake  of  rest  man  is  too  prone  to  believe  with 
out  proof. 

2265 

A  religious  flight  should  be  upward  and  onward 
toward  light  and  understanding,  and  not  downward 
and  backward  through  the  darkness  and  misunder 
standing  of  an  earlier  age. 

2266 

Men  fight  over  words  and  thus  separate  themselves 
from  one  another  in  religious  hatred. 

2267 

As  difficult  as  it  is  to  understand  our  relation  to  the 
present,  our  relation  to  the  past  is  not  plainer. 

2268 

The  hope  of  all  men  is  freedom  for  themselves,  but 
alas  !  not  always  for  others. 

2269 

Romance  is  not  confined  to  youth,  nor  is  it  less 
interesting  to  the  aged,  be  they  so  inclined. 

2270 

Hold  thy  soul  in  peace  and  let  no  mortal  persuade 
thee  that  the  past  holds  more  of  truth  than  the  future 
— the  disk  of  revelation  has  just  begun  to  turn. 

2271 

When  Nature  smiles  return  her  greeting,  and  when 
she  frowns  laugh  at  her  and  change  her  mood  toward 
thee. 


246 


2272 

The  language  of  a  cat  is  incomprehensible  to  a  dog, 
and  the  barking  of  a  dog  puzzles  a  cat ;  but  do  they 
not  understand  each  other  as  well  as  the  human  cats 
and  dogs  that  inhabit  the  kingdoms  of  earth  ? 

2273 

If  thou  art  on  a  wide  bridge,  thou  mayest  run  with 
safety ;  but  if  walking  a  plank,  look  to  thy  steps. 

2274 
Follow  a  coxcomb  closely  and  he  appears  a  clown. 

2275 

When  catching  small  fry  be  watchful  or  the  first  big 
fish  that  nibbles  may  run  away  with  the  hook. 

2276 

In  a  spirit  of  kindness  and  fairness  tell  of  thy  views  of 
another  life  ;  but  copy  not  after  the  many  and  pros 
elyte,  because  if  thou  hast  a  growing  mind  thou  wilt 
know  more  tomorrow  than  thou  knowest  today. 

2277 

Who  shall  declare  whether  God  be  masculine  or 
feminine?  Methinks  both  the  father  and  the  mother 
of  the  universe  should  be  encompassed  in  that  holy 
word. 

2278 

Walk  not  between  husband  and  wife.  The  place  for 
thee  is  behind  the  twain  or,  better  still,  before  them, 
that  thou  mayest  not  observe  their  ways. 

2279 

No  mortal  can  behold  the  beauty  of  life  whose  eye 
can  not  penetrate  beyond  self. 

2280 

Let  the  burden  of  thy  song  be  health  and  sing  it  until 
thou  findest  it. 

2281 
The  tomorrow  of  life  is  the  forecast  of  today. 


247 


2282 

It  is  more  enlivening  to  lead  a  regiment  than  to 
follow  one,  and  there  is  also  more  responsibility. 

2283 

Neither  poverty  nor  riches  nor  yet  a  modest  income 
will  protect  thee  from  calumny.  No  one  is  safe  from 
human  attacks. 

2284 

Be  discreet  both  with  thine  own  and  with  another's 
affairs,  lest  thou  be  outwitted  by  a  fool  and  be  made 
to  bite  the  dust. 

2285 

In  the  prompt  payment  of  obligations,  who  can  dis 
tinguish  between  pride  and  honesty? 

2286 

Kindest  thou  a  man  too  careful  of  himself  and  he  will 
be  too  careless  of  others. 

2287 

The  saddest  tragedies  of  life  are  not  the  homicides, 
but  the  suicides :  the  anguish  of  the  self-slain  is 
unthinkable. 

2288 

Men  doubt  not  the  love  of  God  so  much  as  the  love 
of  man. 

2289 

One  is  not  ashamed  of  one's  age,  but  of  spiteful 
remarks  concerning  one's  age — there  is  no  defense 
and  hence  feminine  secrecy. 

2290 

The  hiding-place  of  jealousy  is  a  secret  until  it  dis 
closes  itself,  as  no  one  would  suspect  another  of 
harboring  the  hateful  creature. 

2291 

Regardless  of  worldly  opinion,  a  man  respects  him 
self  most  when  his  life  is  noblest,  and  least  when  it  is 
basest. 


248 


2292 

are  the  ancients  of  learning?  Are  they 
in  a  burning  pit  or  a  singing  paradise,  or  are 
they  busy  with  the  intellectual  pursuits  in  one 
of  the  many  worlds  before  us  ?  It  is  a  narrow  and  cruel 
mind  that  would  deprive  the  departed  of  congenial 
occupation. 

2293 

Men  dread  less  the  wrath  of  God  than  the  wrath  of 
men. 

2294 

The  pitcher  may  be  broken  at  the  first  drawing  or  at 
the  last  or  not  at  all.  Care  alone  saves  it. 

2295 

When  looking  for  dishonesty  search  first  thine  own 
house,  and  if  thou  findest  it  not,  thou  mayest  search 
thy  neighbor's. 

2296 

Part  husks  will  be  thy  share  if  art  and  poetry  are 
excluded  from  thy  daily  fare. 

2297 

Beware  of  him  who  urgeth  thee  to  act  contrary  to 
thine  own  reason.  A  wise  counselor  will  point  the 
way  and  let  thee  choose. 

2298 

As  mental  depression  is  conducive  to  misery,  do  not 
invite  it  by  disobedience  of  health  laws. 

2299 
Sleep  is  the  savior  of  man  and  beast. 

2300 

Oh,  that  the  brow  of  religions  might  be  touched  by 
the  hand  of  knowledge  and  be  enlightened  ! 

2301 

Imperfection  must  be  imperfection  through  all  time, 
because  imperfection  can  not  attain  perfection  until 
God  is  transcended. 


249 


2302 

If  prejudice  is  crowded  out  of  the  way,  a  swift  run 
may  be  made  toward  justice. 

2303 

To  say  of  a  man  that  he  is  thoroughly  educated 
implies  that  he  knows  all  there  is  to  know,  whereas 
every  man  is  an  ignoramus  compared  with  what  he 
does  not  know. 

2304 

Be  as  sly  about  thy  almsgiving  as  thou  wouldst  be 
about  thine  own  poverty. 

2305 

Construction  is  not  better  than  destruction  if  that 
which  thou  buildest  is  not  truth. 

2306 

Wait  till  the  ass  is  bridled  before  mounting  and  thou 
art  surer  of  a  beast  for  thy  journey. 

2307 
Farewell,  yesterday !  Today  is  here. 

2308 
They  who  hate  most  love  least. 

2309 

How  canst  thou  seek  a  cozy  corner  and  rest  therein 
if  thy  neighbor  has  been  crowded  out  of  it  ? 

2310 

I  learned  my  lesson  today,  not  from  books  but  from 
an  aspiration.  In  the  silence  I  communed  with  One 
on  high  who  said,  "  Despair  not,  but  press  onward 
toward  the  high  mark  of  truth  forever  and  forever !  " 


250 


BOOK  EIGHT 


2311 

HE  secret  of  happiness  lies  as  deep 
as  life.  Yea,  before  thou  art,  the 
chord  is  struck :  if  it  be  minor,  it 
taketh  long  before  the  modulations 
bring  it  to  a  major ;  and  if  it  be 
major,  it  resolves  itself  gradually 
into  minor  key.  Who  knoweth 
whether  the  ending  of  the  earthly 
prelude  will  be  a  wail  of  sor 
row  or  a  joyful  sound? 

2312 

When  truth  supersedes  creed,  all  men  will  be  drawn 
to  it. 

2313 
Be  patient  with  age,   that  time  may  not  retaliate. 

2314 
Love  is  profligate  of  time  and  gambles  with  hearts. 

2315 
A   preacher   of  prudence   is   not   infallibly   prudent. 

2316 

Tears  blister  the  memory  of  many  pages  of  life  which 
would  have  been  free  from  blemish  had  youth  been 
endowed  with  experience. 

2317 

Innocence  increases  the  responsibility  of  the  beholder 
inasmuch  as  it  becomes  his  to  protect. 

2318 

Though  sorrow  may  wear  the  look  of  joy,  joy  never 
wears  the  look  of  sorrow. 

2319 
Much  complaining  increases  the  complaint. 

2320 

Thou  art  the  keeper  of  thine  own  life,  and  to  no  one 
surrender  this  care. 


253 


2321 

E  universe  is  not  so  small  as  the  ancients 
thought,  and  with  the  broadening  of  the  mind 
has  broadened  religion  until  no  one  of  reverent 
mind  dare  locate  God  or  explain  His  intent  toward 
the  different  races  of  man  that  inhabit  this  sphere. 

2322 
Vigorous  thoughts  come  with  vigorous  desires. 

2323 

A  closed  mouth  and  an  open  ear  are  the  best  servitors 
of  ignorance. 

2324 

If  thou  runnest  against  a  wall  suddenly,  be  not 
surprised  if  thou  hast  been  running  toward  it  swiftly. 

2325 

An  occasional  hurricane  is  preferable  to  an  endless 
calm,  when  the  mind  moves  not  at  all. 

2326 
Love  is  a  keeper  of  secrets. 

2327 
Though  humble  thy  calling,  exalted  may  be  thy  call. 

2328 

Comments  on  indolence  are  unnecessary :  indolence 
speaks  for  itself  in  no  uncertain  language. 

2329 

By  all  means  obtain  a  knowledge  of  your  subject 
before  you  teach— this  is  not  always  done— observe 
them  who  tell  of  God  of  whom  no  man  knoweth. 

2330 

Man  should  stand  before  man  as  a  king  by  divine 
authority. 

2331 

Exalted  thought  doeth  good,  though  unexpressed  by 
word  of  mouth. 


254 


2332 

There  is  as  much  probability  of  catching  a  wild  ass 
with  a  lame  foot  as  there  is  of  overtaking  public 
opinion  with  a  lame  excuse. 

2333 

A  lame  dog  leading  a  blind  man — Sect  leading  Sect. 

2334 
Lamentation  is  not  the  philosopher's  song. 

2335 
Whenever  a  truth  is  born,  an  error  dies. 

2336 

Wit  floats  on  the  surface  of  speech  like  froth  on  a 
sillibub,  without  which  it  lacks  lightness. 

2337 

A  thousand  generations  are  but  one  heart-throb  of 
eternity. 

2338 

Not  as  thou  wouldst  that  things  were,  but  as  they  are, 
must  thou  find  thy  way  through  the  world,  with  or 
without  mishap  as  thou  art  fortunate. 

2339 
Whatsoever  makes  thee  truly  wise  makes  thee  better. 

2340 

A  deserted  house  hath  not  more  echoes  than  a  deserted 
mind. 

2341 

When  I  pass  over,  fill  my  hands,  O  angels  of  kindness, 
with  fresh  flowers,  that  I  may  inhale  their  fragrance 
and  feel  that  I  am  in  a  world  where  our  mother 
Nature  still  reigns. 

2342 

Thou  mayest  not  turn  to  a  pillar  of  salt  when  thou 
lookest  backward,  but  thy  mind  will  crystallize 
sooner  when  turned  to  the  past. 


255 


2343 

(HALL  a  man  live  always  if  he  violate  not  a  law 
of  health  ?  Yea  and  Nay  have  been  the  answers 
to  the  question ;  but  a  change  of  environment 
seemeth  desirable,  for  when  man  is  wise  enough  to 
know  all  laws  of  this  world  he  would  tire  of  his  limita 
tions  and  desire  to  know  the  laws  of  another  and  still 
another,  and  methinks  this  is  his  destiny  and  will  be 
his  choice. 

2344 

Air,  sunlight  and  a  square  to  till  are  man's  birthright, 
but  alas !  the  Esaus  and  Jacobs  are  everywhere. 

2345 
See  to  it  that  thy  forbearance  becomes  not  cowardice. 

2346 

Better  make  a  confidant  of  thy  horse  than  of  thy 
groom — the  beast  only  is  dumb. 

2347 

If  thy  friends  agree  not  with  thy  mood,  probably 
thou  art  not  in  the  right  one. 

2348 

He  who  believes  in  a  devil  believes  in  a  feeble  God. 

2349 

It  is  more  beneficial  to  think  well  than  to  talk  well, 
albeit  the  superficial  may  hold  a  contrary  opinion. 

2350 
He  who  hath  not  mercy  lacketh  many  other  virtues. 

2351 

Look  we  there,  we  see  distress ;  look  we  here,  see  we 
suffering.  Shall  all  say  whatever  is,  is  right?  or  shall 
all  exclaim  whatever  is,  needs  righting  ? 

2352 

Be  a  subject  old  and  threadbare,  new  clothed  it 
becomes  interesting. 


256 


2353 

grass-blade  grows,  it  knows  not  how.  The 
child  grows,  it  knows  not  how.  The  same  in- 
visible  force  propels  both  upward,  but  why 
should  a  man  who  knows  not  how  he  grows  dogmatize 
about  the  propelling  cause  and  declare  he  is  uttering 
truth  ? 

2354 

Form  the  habit  of  cheerful  thinking  when  young, 
that  age  cheat  thee  not  of  pleasant  days. 

2355 

When  antiquated  theology  demands  modern  opinion, 
perfect  candor  compels  one  to  be  disrespectful. 

2356 
The  business  of  life  should  be  right  living. 

2357 
New  thought  is  a  harbinger  of  progress. 

2358 

Love  laughs  at  everything  but  itself,  which  it  treats 
seriously. 

2359 

Ancient  thought  belonged  to  ancient  peoples,  but 
modern  thought  belongs  to  modern  peoples  and  must 
be  honestly  regarded. 

2360 

Labor  constantly  to  improve  thyself,  that  the  world 
be  speedily  redeemed. 

2361 

The  burden-bearer  might  lighten  his  burden  if  he 
would  regard  the  past  less  and  the  future  not  at  all. 

2362 

Moderate  success  at  the  outset  may  lead  to  more 
lasting  success,  because  the  seeds  of  economy  are 
given  time  to  take  deeper  root. 

2363 
Clear  is  the  vision  that  can  see  heaven  through  hell. 


257 


2364 

most  skilled  mathematician  fails  to  number 
the  worlds  of  the  heavens ;  yet  the  most  super- 
ficial  of  theologians  are  quick  to  enumerate 
the  two  abodes  of  souls  after  death.  Methinks  the 
abodes  of  souls  are  as  many  and  varied  as  the  stars 
above,  and  that  the  Mind  over  all  is  not  so  poor  as 
the  two-world  conception  would  indicate. 

2365 

Some  will  speak  and  will  not  act ;  others  will  act  but 
will  not  speak ;  but  he  who  neither  acts  nor  speaks  in 
times  of  emergencies  is  the  one  to  watch. 

2366 

The  beliefs  of  the  future  must  be  supported  by  knowl 
edge  :  faith  must  be  supplanted  by  fact. 

2367 

Be  modest  when  discoursing  on  thine  own  achieve 
ments,  lest  thou  be  called  a  boaster  and  an  exaggerator, 
which  in  public  estimation  is  scarcely  one  whit 
removed  from  a  simpleton. 

2368 

That  which  thou  canst  take  with  thee  from  this 
world  is  thine  own :  all  else  thou  hast  borrowed  and 
must  return. 

2369 

Whether  rich  or  poor,  the  bodily  demands  of  daily 
life  put  men  and  women  on  an  equality ;  but  by  the 
mind  may  one  soar  above  another. 

2370 

The  right  to  think  is  thy  birthright:  sell  it  not  to 
potentate  or  prelate  for  his  pottage. 

2371 

More  talk  the  brotherhood  of  man  than  feel  it.  It 
pains  the  snob  to  say  "  Our  Brother  "  when  he  says 
"  Our  Father,"  but  the  children  of  one  father  must  be 
brothers. 


258 


2372 

'AR  beyond  the  mortal  lens  are  spread  the  cities 
of  the  departed,  beautiful  of  architecture  and 
restful  of  design — the  best  of  earth  spiritualized. 
This  picture  now  hangs  on  the  wall  of  the  imagi 
nation,  and  the  old  one  of  a  burning  hell  and  brazen 
heaven  has  been  removed  by  the  enlightened. 

2373 

He  who  truly  loves  the  Father  can  have  no  belief  in 
Christian  or  Pagan  devil. 

2374 

Invitation  insures  a  welcome.  A  beggar  thrust  into  a 
banquet  finds  no  place  at  the  board. 

2375 

The  most  cutting  wind  that  blows — the  blasts  of 
scorn. 

2376 

If  thy  possessions  consist  only  of  that  which  money 
can  buy,  thou  art  indeed  so  poor  thou  needest  sym 
pathy  ;  but  if  thy  possessions  are  above  price,  thou  art 
rich,  though  thy  body  be  clothed  with  leaves  and 
thine  abode  but  a  shelter  from  inclemency. 

2377 

One  thinketh  it  is  leagues  further  to  duty  than  to 
pleasure ;  another  that  pleasure  and  duty  are  close 
together ;  another  that  pleasure  can  not  be  reached 
without  crossing  the  field  of  duty.  The  truth  is  plain  : 
Pleasure  and  duty  are  one  and  the  same  when 
rightly  considered. 

2378 
Mercy  trembles  at  the  approach  of  justice. 

2379 

The  floor  of  the  ocean  is  littered  with  the  strange 
work  of  Dame  Nature. 

2380 

As  fleeting  as  dreams  are  opportunities,  and  they 
change  with  a  breath. 


259 


2381 

A  prince  without  and  a  pauper  within — a  man  with 
fine  raiment  and  a  naked  mind. 

2382 

Bear  with  the  aged ;  if  their  mental  house  is  out  of 
repair,  they  suffer  discomfort. 

2383 

If  one  is  determined  to  cut  off  one's  nose  to  spite  one's 
face,  there  is  daily  opportunity. 

2384 

If  thou  art  free  to  control  me,  thy  freedom  is  my 
bondage. 

2385 

Greater  or  less  capacity  matters  little  if  thou  hast  not 
a  purpose  and  pursue  it. 

2386 

Who  can  portray  the  hideousness  of  a  theology  that 
consigns  to  everlasting  torment  the  souls  of  enlight 
ened  men  and  women ! 

2387 

Thou  canst  not  bore  a  deep  well  with  a  gimlet,  neither 
canst  thou  bore  for  deep  truths  unless  mentally 
equipped. 

2388 

The  vices  of  the  many  are  modified  by  the  virtues  of 
the  few. 

2389 

In  this  paradox  appears  a  truth — the  height  of  folly 
is  the  depth  of  shame. 

2390 

Opulence  and  squalor  meet  on  an  equality  before  the 
gate  of  death  ;  both  enter  the  holy  city  without  purse 
or  scrip. 

2391 

Throw  away  criticism  when  viewing  poverty  and 
weakness ;  they  have  privileges  not  accorded  to  riches 
and  strength. 


260 


2392 

The  whale  of  intemperance  has  swallowed  many  a 
Jonah  and  spewed  him  on  to  the  dry  land  of  want. 

2393 
That  which  is  progressive  is  not  vicious. 

2394 

Sweeten  life  with  more  charitable  thought ;  there  be 
many  who  act  effusively,  but  who  think  meanly. 

2395 

Ninety-nine  churchmen  and  one  skeptic  make  the 
world  move  faster  than  one  hundred  churchmen. 

2396 

That  accurate  results  depend  on  accurate  methods  is 
only  half-believed  because  only  half- tried. 

2397 

Open  thy  heart  for  self-examination  when  thy  neighbor 
is  not  looking,  lest  he  observe  thy  secrets  and  proclaim 
them. 

2398 
Swift  in  the  race  is  desire. 

2399 

Finally  let  it  be  said  :  He  died  and  the  world  owed  him 
more  than  he  owed  the  world. 

2400 

Climb  the  knowledge-tree  as  high  as  you  can  and  then 
pull  up  your  neighbor :  it  is  easier  than  to  stand 
beneath  him  and  boost. 

2401 
Nimble  is  the  foot  that  can  distance  usury. 

2402 

Folly  is  not  conservative,  but  goeth  about  with  a 
loud  noise  or  with  stealth,  as  suits  its  whim. 

2403 
Only  wisdom  will  obliterate  fear. 


261 


2404 

Let  parents  be  parents  and  children  be  children,  that 
respect  keep  its  rightful  place  even  unto  the  end. 

2405 

If  the  window  of  thy  soul  be  small,  increase  not  the 
darkness  within  by  drawing  a  sectarian  curtain  across 
it. 

2406 

No  man  hath  sole  possession  of  hope.  It  goeth  into 
every  habitation,  and  hath  no  more  affinity  for  prince 
than  for  pauper,  and  dwelleth  not  longer  with  the  one 
than  with  the  other. 

2407 
Comfort  is  last  where  ostentation  is  first. 

2408 

Note  what  a  man  says  of  his  neighbor  and  thou  canst 
opine  what  he  will  say  of  thee. 

2409 

Let  the  future  hold  what  it  may,  I  will  say  to  myself : 
Abide  in  peace,  for  thou  art  traveling  toward  light. 

2410 

To  seek  repose  before  thy  task  is  done  is  the  sluggard's 
method.  To  seek  it  after  is  to  have  earned  it. 

2411 

When  there  are  robbers  on  both  sides  of  the  political 
highway,  a  man  hath  scarce  a  better  chance  of  keep 
ing  his  goods  by  taking  to  middle  ground.  Safety 
would  seem  to  lie  in  another  direction. 

2412 

Pipe  a  lay  of  gladness  when  thou  hast  overcome  the 
least  fault.  The  tune  will  so  delight  thou  wilt  wish  to 
overcome  another. 

2413 

Be  merciful,  even  for  thine  own  sake,  for  it  keeps  thee 
out  of  hell. 


262 


2414 

Probe  as  deep  as  you  may,  the  heart  of  the  universe 
can  not  be  reached,  nor  its  pulse  counted. 

2415 

There  is  law  and  order  from  Alpha  to  Omega.  Miracle 
is  but  bygone  fancy. 

2416 

Sanitation  can  not  be  accomplished  with  prayer,  nor 
epidemics  be  checked  with  beads. 

2417 

Strive  rather  to  sharpen  thy  conscience  with  close 
questioning  than  dull  it  with  sophistry. 

2418 

Principle  is  a  stern  master  whom  thou  must  serve 
faithfully  if  thou  wouldst  win  the  applause  of  con 
science. 

2419 

If  thou  callest  a  man  a  dog  when  he  hath  not  barked, 
thou  must  look  well  to  thy  heels. 

2420 

The  bane  of  life  is  want,  and  yet  want  is  the  root  of 
plenty. 

2421 

Speak  to  the  stars  with  poetic  metaphor,  but  speak 
to  the  earth  with  plain  words;  then  thou  mayest 
mingle  with  the  lofty  and  the  lowly  and  be  under 
stood. 

2422 

However  old  a  religion,  something  in  it  harmonizes 
with  the  new. 

2423 

As  winebibbing  more  or  less  clouds  the  intellect,  it 
should  be  avoided  by  the  strong,  that  the  weak  may 
not  fall. 

2424 

If  thou  hast  not  ability,  thou  mayest  have  kindness. 
If  thou  hast  neither,  woe  is  thine. 


263 


2425 

Nature  is  not  more  penurious  of  gold  than  of  common- 
sense.  More  of  each  is  needed  to  make  the  human 
family  content. 

2426 

Hopeless  must  be  he  who  hopes  not  in  immortality. 

2427 

Nature  is  generous  or  parsimonious  much  as  man  may 
will. 

2428 
Caution  profits  more  than  lamentation. 

2429 

As  the  needle  is  true  to  the  North,  so  is  the  soul  to  its 
aspirations. 

2430 

The  poison  ejected  from  one  evil  mind  destroy eth 
many. 

2431 

The  "  missing  link  "  if  not  seen  in  form  is  seen  in 
type,  here,  there  and  everywhere. 

2432 

The  atom  seemeth  more  law-abiding  than  the  man. 

2433 

Feed  the  starving  man  without  question.  If  thouhast 
curiosity  to  know  his  religion,  wait  his  fill  or  he  will 
hate  thee. 

2434 

To  cripple  reason  and  lean  on  tradition  is  like  crip 
pling  one  foot  and  leaning  on  a  crutch. 

2435 

Man  is  speeding  along  on  the  everlasting  journey 
over  the  hills  and  vales  of  eternity  today. 

2436 

A  little  tree  may  bear  large  apples,  and  only  a  fool 
would  decline  them  for  that  reason. 


264 


2437 

Reading,  thinking  and  toiling — these  three  make 
wise ;  but  the  doing  of  one  without  the  other  two 
falleth  short  of  wisdom. 

2438 
A  fiery  temper  is  self -consuming. 

2439 

Now  is  the  moment  of  rejoicing,  and  if  we  rejoice  now 
we  shall  rejoice  alway,  for  the  present  is  always  ours. 

2440 
It  is  not  a  test  of  courage  to  walk  past  a  caged  lion. 

2441 

Thou  mayest  intend  to  do  great  good,  but  thy  neigh 
bor  who  doeth  a  little  receiveth  the  blessing.  Action 
outweighs  intention. 

2442 
The  ^bitterness  of  life  is  sweetened  by  death. 

2443 

Socrates  drank  his  hemlock  with  a  smile  born  of  his 
immortal  intellect. 

2444 

The  tenderest  sympathy  may  not  be  expressed  by 
word  nor  by  deed,  but  the  aching  of  one  heart  for 
another  is  a  sign  that  the  soul  goeth  out  in  response 
to  a  need. 

2445 

Beautiful  was  the  life  of  Jesus,  and  beautiful  should 
be  thy  life,  not  because  of  His,  but  because  it  is  a 
privilege  bestowed  and  a  duty  imposed  on  the  sons 
and  daughters  of  earth  from  time  immemorial. 

2446 

The  storehouse  of  memory  contains  so  much  trash 
that  one  is  ashamed  to  expose  it  to  a  strange  eye. 

2447 
A  premature  opinion  may  be  likened  unto  green  fruit. 


265 


2448 

If  thou  fallest  let  not  the  dust  of  defeat  settle  on  thee. 
Get  up,  shake  it  off,  and  onward  run  till  some  prize 
is  thine. 

2449 

Education  without  honesty  and  sobriety  is  like  a 
fine  chariot  with  vicious  steeds :  the  rider  is  hurled  to 
the  ground  before  the  race  is  finished. 

2450 

If  thou  runnest  with  a  fool  and  he  trip  thee,  there  is 
none  to  pity. 

2451 
Wisdom  is  a  king ;  love,  a  subject. 

2452 
Little  know  the  young  of  the  thoughts  of  the  old. 

2453 
Hunger  can  not  reason. 

2454 

A  dull  mind  deprives  its  possessor  of  the  richest  part 
of  life. 

2455 

Small  results  may  come  from  great  effort,  but  smaller 
will  come  from  no  effort. 

2456 

If  thou  desirest  to  see  a  divine  man  thou  hast  but  to 
look  at  the  first  man  thou  meetest,  for  the  immortal 
spirit  maketh  all  divine  that  walk  in  man's  image. 

2457 

Confine  not  thy  mind  too  much  to  trivial  matters,  lest 
it  become  enfeebled  and  unable  to  grasp  matters  of 
weight. 

2458 

The  season  of  wishing  is  youth,  and  the  season  of 
wishing  is  age ;  therefore,  wishing  is  always  in  season, 
and  good  wishes  are  never  without  good  results  to  the 
wisher. 


266 


2459 

If  thou  makest  a  place  for  thyself  in  the  world,  thou 
wilt  fit  it ;  but  if  another  make  it  for  thee,  thou  mayest 
not. 

2460 

How  much  of  sorrow  and  injustice  would  be  saved  in 
this  world  if  each  obeyed  the  golden  rule  of  Confucius  ! 

2461 

Saints  walk  the  earth  in  all  garbs  and  are  recognized 
by  those  whom  they  serve. 

2462 

Under  untried  conditions  an  untried  leader  is  not  less 
to  be  trusted  than  a  tried  one. 

2463 
Words  may  fall  from  the  tongue  when  ideas  will  not. 

2464 

Love  is  strong  to  endure,  but  wisdom  is  strong  to 
direct. 

2465 

Thou  mayest  fire  at  the  moon  without  hitting  it,  but 
the  higher  thy  aim  the  safer  are  men. 

2466 

When  eye  and  ear  serve,  the  young  are  truthfully 
inclined.  'T  is  age  that  loveth  to  deceive. 

2467 
Wisdom  and  austerity  may  be  strangers. 

2468 

When  society  is  whirling  like  a  dervish,  it  can  not 
think  those  things  that  make  for  good  ;  and  when  it 
pauses  for  breath,  it  is  too  dizzy. 

2469 

If  thou  hast  the  intention  and  the  ability,  and  hast 
not  the  will  to  act  aright,  thou  art  as  though  void  and 
as  nothing  in  the  world  at  large. 


267 


2470 

Confucius  are  we  indebted  for  the  Golden  Rule, 
and  to  the  Nazarene  are  we  later  indebted  for 
presenting  anew  this  precept  to  His  followers, 

but  they  who  practise  it  are  indeed  few  compared 

with  the  number  who  have  heard  it. 

2471 

If  linked  to  poverty,  thou  mayest  stand  erect ;  but  if 
joined  to  vice  also,  thou  mayest  cower  in  the  presence 
of  thine  own  wronged  self. 

2472 
Desire  is  the  prelude  of  success. 

2473 

'  Before  the  setting  of  another  sun,  do  thou  something 
of  which  thou  canst  be  proud. 

V 

2474 
Wisdom  is  grave  or  gay  and   ever  companionable. 

2475 

Water  will  cleanse  from  external  dirt,  but  immersion 
will  not  cleanse  a  filthy  soul. 

2476 

Few  saints  are  canonized  where  education  is  com 
pulsory. 

2477 

In  the  giving  and  receiving  of  friendship  thou  must 
use  more  discretion  than  in  the  exchange  of  all  other 
gifts. 

2478 

Sailing  is  easier  than  rowing,  but  strong  muscles 
demand  strong  work,  and  that  which  is  easiest  may 
not  make  thee  strong. 

2479 

If  thou  wantest  a  faithful  friend  thou  must  in  truth 
be  one. 

2480 
Love  and  wisdom  may  dwell  far  apart. 


268 


2481 

They  who  persecute  in  religion's  name  lack  all 
charity,  and  they  who  have  not  charity  have  little 
of  good. 

2482 

Voting  is  a  holy  privilege,  and  not,  as  many  assume, 
a  commercial  opportunity. 

2483 

A  jingle  of  words  and  an  easy  manner — thus  equipped 
the  pretender  becomes  a  sage. 

2484 
Whatsoever  befalls  thee,  curse  not. 

2485 

Be  thou  honest,  thou  art  free ;  be  thou  dishonest, 
thou  art  in  perpetual  servitude  to  the  tyrant  fear. 

2486 

National  honor  let  every  man  seek,  knowing  that  the 
unit  maketh  the  whole ;  hence  on  each  individual 
rests  responsibility. 

2487 

Politeness  may  hinder  the  human  cats  and  dogs  of 
society  from  barking  and  scratching,  but  it  does  not 
stay  the  inclination. 

2488 

Speak  hopefully,  not  discouragingly :  one  heavy  word 
may  turn  the  balance  and  send  a  life  downward. 

2489 
Let  thy  life  be  as  a  white  light  set  on  a  high  place. 

2490 

If  thou  canst  not  add  to  thy  neighbor's  comfort,  thou 
needest  not  add  to  his  discomfort. 

2491 

Let  no  man  persuade  thee  that  thou  art  not  divine ; 
thus  believing,  cultivate  only  those  qualities  that 
tend  to  spiritualize. 


269 


2492 

shouldst  thou  do  when  a  man  smites  thee 
on  *ky  cheek?  If  thou  turnest  the  other  thou 
increasest  his  anger,  and  his  opportunity  to 
do  evil.  It  seemeth  wiser  to  cry,  "  Hold  !  "  than  to  say, 
"  Lay  on  !  "  as  if  thou  wert  a  thing  of  dust  that  needed 
beating. 

2493 

The  land  of  one's  birth  is  not  dearer  than  the  land  of 
one's  adoption;  but  'tis  only  by  return  after  long 
absence  that  this  lesson  is  learned. 

2494 

Below  the  surface  of  things  must  the  scientist  look 
for  the  cause,  though  the  effect  be  flauntingly  dis 
played  for  common  eyes. 

2495 

Whatsoever  savors  of  personal  gain  in  religion  or 
politics  savors  of  plunder. 

2496 
A  pig  can  not  be  trusted  in  a  garden. 

2497 

"  The  night  cometh,  when  no  man  can  work,"  was 
writ  before  the  light  of  modern  invention  which 
maketh  ancient  speech  less  true  for  literal  use. 

2498 

The  shadow  of  death  is  but  the  twilight  of  earth's 
day,  and  below  the  horizon  is  the  light  of  another. 

2499 

Silence  is  an  educator  from  whom  the  many  decline 
instruction. 

2500 

Point  me  a  faultfinder  and  I  will  point  thee  imper 
fection. 

2501 

Quarrels  lead  thee  to  hatred,  and  hatred  leads  thee 
never  to  happiness. 


270 


2502 

It  is  good  to  earn  a  place  of  trust  for  thyself,  but 
dangerous  to  buy  it. 

2503 

Determination  and  application  make  the  improbable 
possible  and  place  within  reach  the  key  of  fame. 

2504 

Should  thy  neighbor  despise  thee  when  thy  scrip  is 
small,  it  is  because  he  can  not  discriminate  between 
what  thou  art  and  what  thou  hast. 

2505 

Vulgarity  and  eccentricity  run  to  extremes,  but 
refinement  keeps  to  middle  ground. 

2506 

Let  the  world  know  that  you  stand  for  a  principle, 
and  though  it  snub  you  it  will  respect  you. 

2507 
A  good  or  a  bad  reputation  is  made  to  stick. 

2508 

Fill  not  the  air  with  lamentation,  but  with  song,  and 
thou  wilt  have  a  more  cheerful  following. 

2509 

There  are  worldly  dunces  and  there  are  religious 
dunces,  and  there  is  little  to  be  said  in  favor  of  the 
one  over  the  other. 

2510 

'T  is  my  belief  that  too  much  time  and  wine  is  wasted 
trying  to  patch  First-Century  bottles  to  hold  the 
Twentieth-Century  vintage. 

2511 
Thy  voice  is  thy  speaking  soul. 

2512 

More  are  confused  by  theology  than  enlightened  by  it, 
because  its  utterances  are  fable,  myth  and  personal 
opinion,  and  not  till  it  learns  more  can  it  speak  more 
wisely. 


271 


2513 

will  do  more  for  the  weary  mind  than  a 
narcotic,  but  it  is  more  difficult  to  obtain,  as  the 
patient  must  compound  his  own  dose  ;  but  when 
the  formula  is  learned,  the  wealth  of  kings  could  not 
purchase  it. 

2514 

Whatsoever  savors  of  selfishness  savors  of  unbecoming- 
ness. 

2515 

God  is  so  lowly  that  He  abideth  in  the  most  lowly 
places. 

2516 

A  school  for  scandal  is  a  school  for  the  foolish:  no 
clever  mind  could  long  endure  the  folly. 

2517 

The  thief  is  chased  and  the  beggar  despised  by  honest 
toil. 

2518 

Throw  mud  if  you  will,  but  do  not  expect  to  keep 
clean  hands. 

2519 

Despair  not ;  the  truth  will  befriend  thee  if  thou  art 
true  to  truth. 

2520 

The  faintest  pretext  for  wrongdoing  is  the  very  thing 
for  which  evil  minds  are  searching;  even  the  vilest 
like  an  excuse  to  offer  themselves. 


272 


BOOK  NINE 


2521 

LARGE  part  of  life  is  given  to 
costuming  that  were  better  given 
to  things  less  vexatious  than  the 
bedecking  of  the  perishable  part ; 
and  though  the  tasteful  cover 
ing  of  the  form  is  desirable,  a 
decorated  body  without  a  noble 
mind  is  so  incongruous  as  to  cause 

offense.  Art  should  guide  and  fashion  obey,  then  will 

woman  become  more  moral  and  men  will  not  cease  to 

admire. 

2522 

Point  me  a  man  of  conspicuous  meekness  and  I  will 

point  thee  one  of  weakness. 

2523 

Blow  your  horn  if  you  must,  but  blow  it  at  home  and 
spare  your  neighbor's  ear. 

2524 

Naturally  man  turns  to  God  for  instruction,  and  God 
turns  man  to  himself. 

2525 

Speak  homely  truths  in  homely  ways,  that  the  listener 
lose  not  the  thought  in  the  music  of  the  words. 

2526 
The  tiniest  pebble  hath  its  work  and  doeth  it.  .J 

2527 
Let  us  hear  less  of  regret  and  more  of  intent. 

2528 

Thou  hast  not  time  enough  at  thy  disposal  to  live  in 
the  past  and  in  the  future  without  slighting  the  present. 

2529 

Fear  nothing  more  than  superstition.  'T  is  better  thou 
be  infidel  to  dogma  than  to  commonsense  :  dogmas 
are  man-given,  but  reason  is  God-given. 


275 


2530 

QO  man  has  ever  been  privileged  to  write  the 
words  of  God,  though  many  inspired  writers, 
both    ancient    and    modern,    have    expressed 
truth ;  and  as  inspiration  is  not  dead  but  living,  the 
words  of  the  present  generation  are  as  precious  as 
those  of  a  bygone  age. 

2531 

Urge  not  a  man  to  think  as  thou  thinkest  nor  to  do 
as  thou  dost. 

2532 

A  mind  burnished  by  much  thinking  is  brighter  than 
a  mind  burnished  by  much  reading. 

2533 
Why  beat  around  the  bush  for  game  in  sight? 

2534 
If  thy  inferior  be  in  error,  correct  him  gently. 

2535 

If  thou  art  privileged  to  live  thou  art  privileged  to 
think. 

2536 

The  little  men  know  of  a  personal  God  and  a  personal 
devil,  less  than  a  word  will  express. 

2537 
The  hope  of  a  nation  is  the  virtue  of  its  youth. 

2538 

A  weary  head  maketh  a  careless  hand,  and  a  careless 
hand  maketh  a  weary  head. 

2539 

The  favor  of  a  ruler  may  not  be  gained,  but  who  can 
deny  thee  access  to  heaven? 

2540 

A  man  can  not  harness  himself  with  a  beast  with 
out  degradation,  neither  can  he  tie  himself  to  lust 
and  escape  harm. 


276 


2541 

the  philosopher's  stone  were  ours,  by  the 
making  of  much  gold  we  would  so  cheapen  the 
metal  that  the  zest  for  digging  it  would  be  gone  ; 
and  it  is  a  mooted  question  whether  the  getting  of  it  is 
not  what  the  world  needs  to  make  it  labor  and  so 
civilize  it. 

2542 

What  is  worth  listening  to  is  worth  remembering, 
but  alas !  that  idle  gossip  should  endure  longer  than 
honorable  mention. 

2543 

If  thou  art  clever  thou  wilt  keep  in  mind  the  past 
whilst  peering  into  the  future. 

2544 

A  Socrates  and  a  Jesus  are  born  every  day,  differing 
only  in  degree  of  unfoldment. 

2545 

The  majesty  of  being  is  belittled  by  a  thought  that 
puts  God  in  a  distant  city  called  Heaven.  God  is 
everywhere,  never  here  and  never  there  one  moment 
more  than  another. 

2546 

Bray  of  thy  illustrious  ancestors  if  thou  must,  but 
forget  not  that  the  world  will  compare  thee  with  them. 

2547 

Why  look  for  imperfection  in  one  another?  Is  it  so 
rare  a  thing  that  it  is  worth  thy  time  to  seek  it? 

2548 

The  ratio  between  what  men  know  not  and  what  they 
know  is  too  long  to  be  expressed  by  figures. 

2549 

The  trend  of  modern  thought  is  toward  a  scientific 
religion ;  the  scientist,  not  the  priest,  will  write  the 
Twentieth -Century  theology,  and  with  the  advent  of 
knowledge  the  warfare  will  cease. 


277 


2550 

OETECTION  may  or  may  not  follow  thy  pecula 
tions  whilst  in  the  flesh,  but  when  thou  carryest 
thy  burning  secret  where  thou  canst  no  longer 
conceal  it,  surely  thou  art  a  sneak  and  remorse  will 
seize  thee. 

2551 

Given  a  fair  start,  industrious  mediocrity  will  out 
strip  indolent  talent. 

2552 

Hold  not  virtue  cheap.  Thy  morals  will  chase  thee  the 
wide  world  over.  If  thou  desirest  to  teach,  enfeeble 
not  thyself  with  unbecoming  conduct,  that  thy  words 
must  be  considered  apart  from  thy  life. 

2553 

Half  the  people  are  bondmen  to  tradition,  and  desire 
to  be. 

2554 
Fidelity  is  rare  amongst  the  selfish. 

2555 

O  slavery,  thou  didst  cause  the  most  precious  blood 
of  the  North  and  of  the  South  to  be  spilled  to  destroy 
thee. 

2556 

Make  thyself  a  name,  and  whether  it  be  good  or  bad 
the  world  will  call  thee  by  it. 

2557 
O  God  of  the  Universe,  make  me  to  think  ! 

2558 

He  is  brave  who  carrieth  his  burden  silently,  but  he  is 
braver  who  carrieth  it  triumphantly  and  maketh  a 
pleasure  of  necessity. 

2559 

If  thou  makest  the  little  ones  of  earth  smile,  thou  wilt 
make  the  larger  ones  also ;  but  thou  mayest  make  the 
larger  ones  to  laugh  aloud,  and  yet  not  reach  the 
little  ones. 


278 


2560 

Y  a  cool  stream  in  the  heart  of  the  silent  moun 
tains  would  desire  lead  me  that  I  might  hold 
converse  with  the  spirit  of  Nature,  which 
would  impart  to  me  much  that  is  refused  me  when 
moving  with  the  throng  of  a  metropolis. 

2561 

Do  thy  life-work  so  well  that  it  is  an  honor  to  know 
thee. 

2562 

An  indication  that  thou  needest  help :  when  thy  face 
turneth  backward  and  thy  mind  is  pinned  to  the  past. 

2563 
A  monstrous  thought — the  Universe. 

2564 

God  is  not  small  enough  to  put  in  a  creed,  and  the 
attempt  will  always  be  a  failure. 

2565 
Nothing    scares    a    bigot    more    than    a    new    truth. 

2566 

There  is  a  difference  between  a  wise  man  and  a 
lettered  man. 

2567 

One  man  may  say  of  another,  "  He  is  going  to  hell," 
but  he  that  speaketh  sayeth  never  thus  of  himself. 

2568 

Leap  over  the  rough  places  in  memory  and  loiter 
only  in  pleasant  ways. 

2569 

A  whirlpool  in  a  narrow  stream  is  not  more  dangerous 
to  the  boatman  than  innocent  ignorance  caught  in 
the  whirl  of  a  city. 

2570 

There  is  more  mental  liberty  out  of  the  church  than 
in  it,  though  the  reverse  should  be  possible,  and  it 
will  be  when  more  truth  prevails  therein. 


279 


2571 

Pride  makes  the  difference  between  the  somebody 
and  the  nobody. 

2572 

Why  shouldst  thou  be  disturbed  by  noisy  tongues  if 
thou  hast  done  right  ? 

2573 

A  mouse  may  gnaw  a  hole  through  which  a  rat  may 
crawl. 

2574 

Whether  it  be  better  for  thee  to  know  the  world 
better  than  the  world  knows  thee,  or  for  the  world  to 
know  thee  better  than  thou  knowest  the  world,  who 
can  answer? 

2575 

He  who  contemplates  matrimony  should  contemplate 
posterity. 

2576 

It  may  not  always  be  wisest  to  seek  middle  ground 
when  important  questions  threaten.  The  center  of  an 
island  is  not  invariably  the  highest  and  safest  point. 

2577 

Cast  far  from  thee  the  thought  that  another  can  fill 
thy  place  in  life — that  is  impossible. 

2578 

He  who  from  vain  notions  seeks  publicity  merits 
obscurity. 

2579 

There  is  more  of  God  in  a  flower  than  in  a  creed ; 
more  of  beauty  in  a  waving  field  than  in  a  narrow 
belief ;  more  of  God  in  a  thought  of  heaven  than  in  a 
thought  of  hell. 

2580 

The  size  of  the  eye  does  not  indicate  the  scope  of  the 
vision,  nor  the  size  of  the  head  the  scope  of  the  mind. 

2581 

A  humorist  may  shorten  a  long  visage  by  lengthening 
his  own. 


280 


2582 

A  holy  text  may  be  found  and  a  sermon  be  written 
from  the  records  of  each  day,  and  it  will  come  to 
this :  the  fresher  the  text,  the  better  the  sermon. 

2583 
The  way  to  heaven  is  as  broad  as  the  way  to  purgatory. 

2584 

Follow  your  inclinations  when  they  lead  upward,  but 
when  they  lead  downward  make  them  follow  you. 

2585 
Attend  to  thine  own  business,  that  another  may  not. 

2586 

A  sign  that  your  society  is  not  needed  —  when  you 
cease  to  do  good. 

2587 

If  there  be  aught  within  thy  mind  that  is  impure, 
cleanse  thy  mind  of  it  ere  thou  be  stricken  low  in  the 
scale  of  thought  and  be  unable  to  rise. 

2588 

Didst  ever  hear  a  hen  complain  of  her  duties  or  a  dog 
of  his  responsibilities?  They  attend  so  faithfully  to 
their  work  that  the  many  forget  to  admire. 

2589 

Gradually  men  will  come  to  understand  that  God  and 
Nature  have  made  no  mistakes,  and  that  man  has 
made  them  all. 

2590 

Outside  the  circle  of  mortal  vision  opens  the  spiritual 
world  peopled  with  men  and  women  gone  before ;  and 
there  must  the  intellectual  and  the  worthy  be  attracted 
to  each  other,  regardless  of  former  conditions  or 
religions. 

2591 

Heavy  bodies  fall  with  a  great  noise  and  stay  where 
they  fall :  so  it  is  with  material  things  ;  but  the  fall  of  a 
mighty  spirit  is  never  heard,  and  rise  again  it  must. 


281 


2592 

rO  into  a  monastery  when  thou  desirest  to  put 
God  from  thee,  but  stay  in  the  world  if  thou 
desirest  to  be  nearest  Him ;  for  the  more  of 
His  children  thou  dost  meet  and  the  more  of  His 
handiwork  thou  dost  observe,  the  more  hast  thou  of 
Him  each  day.  He  dwelleth  not  so  much  behind 
cloistered  walls  as  in  the  light,  not  so  much  in  exile 
as  in  company. 

2593 

The  secret  thou  art  so  carefully  guarding  is  as  plain 
to  the  spirit  world  as  it  is  to  thee. 

2594 

If  thou  inclinest  to  scandal,  scandal  will  incline  to 
thee,  and  at  last  health  of  mind  will  vanish. 

2595 

A  long  memory  is  a  stern  censor ;  but  the  better  thy 
life,  the  more  thou  lovest  memory. 

2596 

If  the  populace  carry  thee,  thou  art  not  sure  of 
escaping  a  fall,  and  it  may  drop  thee  in  a  rough  place. 

2597 

Put  the  low  man  in  the  high  place  and  he  serveth  not 
so  well  as  the  high  man  in  the  low  place. 

2598 
As  many  as  live  for  worldly  gain  live  for  pain. 

2599 

The  books  of  men  are  not  the  work  of  God,  though 
the  volumes  were  so  named  a  thousand  times. 

2600 
The  heat  of  argument  scorcheth  the  temper. 

2601 

Hast  thou  a  moral  right,  O  mourner,  to  garb  thyself 
in  such  manner  that  thy  presence  repress  all  joy  in  the 
beholder  ? 


282 


2602 

OF  the  world  I  ask  this  question,  "  When  shall  I 
know  it  well  enough  to  avoid  all  unpleasant 
ness?  "   and  the  world  replies,   "  Never!  Sur 
prises,  disappointments,  good  luck  and  bad  luck  will 
be  found  at  every  turning." 

2603 

A  little  house  set  on  a  high  hill  is  seen  farther  than  a 
great  mansion  hid  in  a  vale  ;  and  it  sometimes  comes 
to  pass  that  conspicuous  smallness  overtops  secluded 
greatness. 

2604 
The  simpleton  knows  it  not  and  so  pleaseth  himself. 

2605 

In  time  to  come  the  mind  of  man  will  mount  upward 
as  the  eagle,  and  they  who  would  prevent  will  stand 
beneath  and  marvel  as  the  distance  widens  between 
the  free  man  and  the  slave  man. 

2606 

Nothing  that  will  live  in  the  minds  of  men  can  be 
accomplished  without  effort. 

2607 
The  thought  is  the  act  in  embryo. 

2608 

Great  men  speak  of  themselves  with  modesty,  whilst 
the  nobodies  prattle  unceasingly  in  self-praise. 

2609 

Chew  a  cud  if  you  must,  but  don't  expect  others  to 
enjoy  it. 

2610 

If  thou  wouldst  appoint  thy  neighbor's  tasks,  thou 
shouldst  be  willing  that  he  appoint  thine. 

2611 

If  a  man  ask  of  thee  thy  purse,  ask  of  him  security  if 
thou  bestow  it,  lest  he  scorn  thee  for  silliness. 


283 


2612 

If  thou  hast  a  good  word  for  the  world,  give  it ;  and  if 
an  unkind  one,  suppress  it,  though  thou  art  consumed 
with  desire  to  speak  and  disappointment  taunt  thee. 

2613 

If  thy  feet  travel  in  one  direction  and  thy  mind  in 
another,  little  of  good  is  accomplished — the  house  is 
divided  against  itself. 

2614 

The  everlastingness  of  thought!  The  most  beautiful 
flower  will  fade  in  a  day,  but  a  beautiful  thought 
brightens  with  age. 

2615 

It  is  not  the  education  that  is  received  from  the 
masters  that  lifts  one  man  above  another,  but  the 
energy  that  he  puts  forth  to  lift  himself. 

2616 

Light  is  the  need  of  the  world  to  search  its  darkest 
corners  and  drive  out  mystery. 

2617 

The  so-called  plain  people  are  ofttimes  great  people, 
and  upon  them  the  nation  rests  in  perilous  times. 

2618 

The  necessary  thing  to  insure  success  seems  to  be  the 
ability  to  rise  after  defeat. 

2619 

If  discernment  were  more  general,  fewer  hints  would 
be  necessary  and  fewer  offenses  given  and  taken. 

2620 

The  health  of  the  mind  is  paramount  to  all  else,  for 
on  mental  health  depends  thy  very  life. 

2621 

Grumbling  is  not  good  for  man  nor  woman.  It  destroys 
peace  and  makes  of  the  mind  a  wilderness,  and  dis 
content  is  thy  portion. 


284 


2622 

formula  for  acquiring  great  wealth  has  never 
been  divulged.  Many  surmise  that  luck  plays  a 
more  important  part  than  industry,  and  guesses 
have  been  made  that  reflect  discredit  on  the  possessors 
and  their  secret  methods. 

2623 

When  thou  takest  a  bride,  O  man,  thou  takest  into 
thy  keeping  God's  daughter,  and  if  thou  art  false  to 
thy  vows  thou  art  unworthy  the  gift. 

2624 

The  substance  of  life — unless  it  be  spirit,  what  is  it? 
And  if  we  answer  spirit,  so  little  know  we  that  we 
comprehend  not  the  answer. 

2625 

The  time  is  at  hand  when  men  acknowledge  with 
frankness  that  to  define  God  is  not  man's  privilege, 
because  of  inability. 

2626 

The  way  to  ruin  is  almost  any  direction  that  turns 
from  self-respect. 

2627 

A  useful  lesson  and  a  sensible  one  is  to  study  yourself 
more  than  your  neighbors,  and  with  a  better  under 
standing  of  yourself  you  will  have  a  better  under 
standing  of  your  neighbors. 

2628 

The  best  tonic  for  an  indolent  mind  is  a  dose  of  ambi 
tion  self -administered. 

2629 

A  hare's  foot  bring  thee  luck?  Nay,  the  foot  is  more 
lucky  for  the  hare  than  for  thee. 

2630 

When  mud  is  splashed  on  thy  garments,  is  thy  body 
injured  ?  Nay ;  and  when  bad  words  are  thrown  at 
thee  thy  soul  may  remain  unspotted  if  thou  art  silent. 


285 


2631 

the  crowd  offend  thee,  seek  the  few  with  whom 
thou  canst  exchange  a  thought.  Thou  shouldst 
not  live  alone  in  a  world  of  ideas,  for  thou  canst 
not  gather  them  all  thyself,  and  friends  will  assist 
thee  to  many  that  would  escape  thee ;  therefore  it 
is  not  profitable  to  live  alone  nor  was  it  meant  that 
man  should. 

2632 

A  colony  of  blockheads  does  not  necessarily  evolve  a 
community  of  wooden  men.  There  is  progress  every 
where,  and  men  may  change  with  the  age,  despite 
heredity. 

2633 

Much  thinking  may  not  lead  to  wisdom ;  it  may  lead 
to  foolishness.  It  is  right  thinking  that  is  helpful. 

2634 

If  thou  dost  use  tongue  or  pen  to  injure  another,  thou 
art  digging  a  ditch  wherein  to  stumble. 

2635 
To  find  a  good  dog,  look  not  amongst  wolves. 

2636 

All  that  man  knows  and  all  that  he  is  to  know  will 
be  written  by  man. 

2637 

The  groans  of  a  day,  were  they  merged  into  one, 
would  frighten  all  laughter  away  from  human  lips. 

2638 
Naked  facts  should  blush  to  be  clothed  with  shame. 

2639 

A  Summer  in  the  woods  is  a  Summer  with  the  gods, 
who  will  share  with  thee  many  secrets. 

2640 

Go  find  liberty  and  when  you  have  found  her,  do  not 
try  to  prevent  others  from  finding  her  because  of  some 
selfish  end  you  may  entertain. 


286 


2641 
Intemperate  speech   may  come   from  a   sober  man. 

2642 

Embarrassing  to  all  concerned — a  fortune  without 
decorum. 

2643 

The  detestable  habit  of  lying  will  fasten  itself  on  any 
one  who  makes  familiar  with  it. 

2644 

Robust  health  and  a  robust  mind  should  be  insep 
arable,  and  that  they  are  not  is  a  sorrow  and  a  general 
loss. 

2645 

A  vile  tongue  is  like  a  viper,  breathing  venom  and 
inciting  hate. 

2646 

A  bad  temper  is  like  a  quarrelsome  neighbor ;  to  hob 
nob  and  live  in  peace  is  impossible. 

2647 

A  man  may  be  slow  and  not  be  behind  the  age,  or  he 
may  be  fast  and  be  obsolete. 

2648 

Labor  is  gain,  but  drudging  is  pain,  from  which  the 
people  yearn  for  deliverance. 

2649 

O  sleep !  thou  art  the  savior  of  man  and  the  helper  of 
every  creature  of  earth. 

2650 

A  pleasing  countenance  and  a  silver  tongue — thus 
equipped  the  destroyer  is  doubly  armed. 

2651 

A  little  smoke  showeth  the  beginning,  and  the  mighty 
blaze  showeth  the  end — thus  is  it  with  public  wrongs. 

2652 
The  sweetness  of  life  is  sipped  with  the  cup  of  death. 


287 


2653 

effect  of  clothes  upon  the  mind  is  deplorable. 
It  consumes  the  very  marrow  of  life  to  run 
neck  and  neck  with  fashion,  and  to  run  behind 
leaves  one  in  the  predicament  of  having  tried  and 
failed. 

2654 

Despotism  so  delights  in  its  power  that  civilization 
despises  it. 

2655 

Oh,  haste  the  day  when  all  men  shall  be  weaned  from 
evil  for  their  gain,  for  every  doer  of  evil  lessens  the 
sum  of  human  happiness. 

2656 

A  broad  stream  flows  between  right  and  wrong,  and 
people  on  both  sides  are  continually  wading  in  and  out. 

2657 

Fling  from  thee  the  thought  that  man  is  born  to  live 
forever  upon  the  footstool  when  evolution  will  exalt 
him. 

2658 

No  more  heed  should  be  given  the  words  of  the  prince 
than  of  the  plowman,  except  as  the  wisdom  of  one 
exceeds  that  of  the  other. 

2659 

Mind  should  regulate  the  body  and  make  of  it  a 
willing  servant. 

2660 

How  can  he  who  is  false  to  himself  be  true  to  his 
friends ! 

2661 

The  faults  of  a  friend  should  not  be  trumpeted  and 
our  own  concealed. 

2662 

When  thy  conscience  speaks  listen ;  it  hath  something 
to  say  for  thy  benefit. 


288 


2663 

stolidity  of  unthinking  men  when  confronted 
with  fresh  discoveries  is  ever  a  perplexing  and 
formidable  barrier  between  themselves  and 
the  educators,  which  tends  to  shut  the  former  away 
from  the  new  and  force  them  further  into  the  past. 

2664 

A  long  life  is  not  promised  to  a  young  man  ;  such 
knowledge  might  increase  his  vices  and  diminish  his 
virtues  by  the  postponement  of  virtuous  practises 
till  near  the  end. 

2665 
The  slowest  place  on  earth  is  always  behind  time. 

2666 

When  God's  word  is  written  it  will  contain  all  of 
truth. 

2667 

The  reading  of  many  books  is  well  when  working  many 
days,  but  the  reading  of  many  books  is  fraught  with 
some  danger  when  no  energy  is  put  forth  to  idealize 
the  reading. 

2668 

How  can  the  upper  stone  in  the  structure  stand  if  the 
nether  is  removed,  and  of  what  use  is  the  nether  if 
another  is  not  raised  above  it — society  is  builded  thus 
of  brawn  and  brain  ! 

2669 

Go  thine  own  pace  when  walking  with  a  knave,  not 
his. 

2670 

Do  not  cry  if  the  world  frowns,  if  you  have  done  your 
best. 

2671 

The  way  to  disarm  bad  fortune  is  to  meet  it  like  a 
friend. 

2672 

The  world  is  severe  collectively,  but  individually  it 
is  lenient  toward  thy  faults. 


289 


2673 

Put  a  little  commonsense  into  the  daily  ration  if  you 
wish  to  keep  in  good  health. 

2674 

There  is  a  difference  between  the  rose  and  the  lily 
in  form  and  in  color,  but  who  will  say  they  are  not 
alike  in  the  origin  of  their  birth — their  source  is  the 
one  life. 

2675 
Man  is  neither  as  small  nor  as  great  as  he  thinks. 

2676 

If  you  wish  to  find  a  student  at  his  work,  look  for 
solitude ;  the  mind  works  better  in  stillness  than  in 
noise. 

2677 

Though  truth  sometimes  stands  in  the  shadow  of 
deceit,  yet  it  can  not  be  entirely  overshadowed. 

2678 

Harken  to  the  words  of  experience ;  whilst  they  may 
not  save  thee  entire,  they  may  prevent  thy  death, 
moral  and  physical. 

2679 

Gone  is  yesterday,  but  now  is  here ;  so  let  it  be  filled 
to  the  utmost,  that  when  it  departs  regrets  go  not 
with  it. 

2680 
Vice  is  not  noisier  than  virtue  when  it  prates. 

2681 
Keep  the  mind  above  the  body  at  all  times. 

2682 
What  can  one  do  who  is  chained  to  the  past  but  die? 

2683 
To  affirm  success  is  a  forerunner  of  success. 

2684 
Fall  in  line  when  the  rulers  are  marching  heavenward. 


290 


2685 
the  approach  of  the  night  let  peace  approach 

'  anc*  s^eep  not  witn  a  thought  of  hatred 
against  man,  woman  or  child  of  whatsoever 
race,  color  or  condition  of  life.  If  thou  dost  this, 
whether  thou  be  Christian  or  Pagan,  thou  hast  naught 
to  fear  from  the  God  of  Love. 

2686 

If  thy  thoughts  be  unclean,  filter  them  as  thou  wouldst 
unclean  water,  or  they  will  poison  thee. 

2687 

The  chicanery  amongst  neighbors  is  as  flagrant  as  the 
chicanery  amongst  rogues  :  there  is  honor  and  dis 
honor  in  all  grades  of  society,  whether  walking  the 
respectable  or  the  disreputable  paths  of  life. 

2688 

Cast  ye  either  good  or  evil  thought  or  deed  on  the 
waters  of  life,  and  after  many  days  the  good  and  the 
evil  will  return  unto  thee. 

2689 

One  way  to  control  thy  temper  is  to  cry  "  mad  dog  " 
and  run  away  from  it  before  it  bites  thee  or  thy 
friends,  as  it  surely  will  if  left  to  run  at  large. 

2690 

Age  commands  respect  when  age  respects  itself;  but 
a  vile  tongue  between  shrunken  lips  calls  only  for  pity. 

2691 

It  is  tiresome  to  wait  for  good  to  come  when  there  is 
no  bow  of  promise. 

2692 

He  that  glorieth  in  another's  downfall  glorieth  in  his 
own,  for  that  which  befalls  one  befalls  all. 

2693 

Cage  the  murderer ;  do  not  liberate  him  by  killing, 
if  thou  wouldst  be  rid  of  him. 


291 


2694 

Hold  fast  to  that  which  elevates  thee,  and  despise 
not  the  helping  hand  of  purity. 

2695 

Search  for  a  perfect  man,  and  by  the  image  thou  dost 
place  before  thy  mind's  eye  thine  own  image  is 
fashioned ;  hence,  searching  for  good  benefits  thee 
more  than  searching  for  evil. 

2696 

Refinement  is  an  inner  rather  than  an  external 
quality.  Fine  plumage  covers  the  ostrich,  but  that 
does  not  refine  him  and  prevent  him  from  vicious 
kicking. 

2697 

Does  the  African  look  black  to  God  or  the  Caucasian 
white?  Methinks  that  righteousness  is  more  than 
skin-deep  and  that  God  judges  righteously. 

2698 

Ambition  wrongly  directed  leads  to  wormwood  and 
gall. 

2699 

To  fight  for  a  good  cause  may  be  pardonable,  but  to 
fight  for  a  bad  cause  is  abominable. 

2700 

Step  to  the  front  if  thou  art  faultless ;  otherwise  an 
invitation  is  becoming. 

2701 

Candor  may  be  brutal,  and  when  it  is,  only  brutality 
will  employ  it. 

2702 

Let  wicked  words  fall  where  they  may,  if  thou  art 
guiltless  they  will  not  rest  long  on  thee. 

2703 

Thou  mayest  pick  up  a  crooked  stick  in  the  forest  or 
in  the  garden,  but  the  task  of  straightening  it  may 
bend  thy  back. 


292 


2704 

'S  joy  makes  glad  it  also  makes  sad  the  heart  of 
him  who  has  lived  to  see  that  life  is  not  unbroken 
joy,  that  when  he  is  rejoicing  another  is  sor 
rowing  ;  but  he  perceiveth  that  the  emotions  preserve 
equilibrium  and  strengthen  sympathy. 

2705 
Did  the  nobodies  not  blow  their  own  horn,  who  would  ? 

2706 

The  better  side  of  man  is  that  which  is  turned  toward 
man. 

2707 

Renew  thy  faith  by  keeping  the  fire  of  hope  bright, 
and  what  thou  desirest  will  be  as  a  light  ahead  which 
thou  wilt  strive  to  reach. 

2708 

Liberty  is  God's  child,  whom  you  should  love  with 
all  your  heart. 

2709 

Close  thy  lips  and  thy  ears  so  tight  that  no  ill  pass 
them. 

2710 

It  is  fitting  that  men  should  live  nobly  that  they  die 
not  ignobly. 

2711 
The  beginning  of  sorrow  is  the  beginning  of  light. 

2712 
Deceit  answereth  no  good  purpose  in  life. 

2713 

The  perception  of  parents  concerning  their  own  off 
spring  seems  much  duller  than  concerning  the  off 
spring  of  others. 

2714 

To  jump  over  the  moon  were  a  great  feat,  but  not  so 
great  as  to  jump  from  earth  to  the  Godhead  the 
night  after  death. 


293 


2715 

HIND  a  little  square  of  the  earth  somewhere  that 
thou  canst  call  thine  own,  strive  for  it,  work  for 
it,  and  thou  wilt  become  a  better  citizen  than 
he  who  has  naught  of  the  soil  but  that  which  clings 
to  his  soles  and  his  palms.  Criminals  rarely  grow  upon 
their  own  land. 

2716 

However  free  the  mind,  the  body  is  pinioned  and  can 
not  follow  it. 

2717 
The  making  of  a  perfect  man  is  the  labor  of  eternity. 

2718 

The  lash  of  inquiry  has  beaten  many  falsehoods  into 
truth. 

2719 

A  little  sense  is  difficult  to  conceal,  although  a  great 
deal  can  be  hidden  easily. 

2720 

Always  think  of  thy  deceased  neighbor  as  in  heaven, 
and  if  thou  must  put  any  one  in  a  less  agreeable 
place,  put  thyself  there. 

2721 

Some  one  blunders  every  time  the  faults  of  another 
are  told. 

2722 

A  barrel  of  money  will  not  buy  a  pennyworth  of  brain, 
though  brain  is  the  chief  factor  in  making  the  barrel 
of  money. 

2723 

The  passions  of  mankind  when  confined  too  long 
explode  savagely,  and  the  destruction  is  heard  with 
alarm  by  the  peaceful. 

2724 

A  willingness  to  think,  and  not  the  capability — such 
is  the  condition  of  many,  and  these  are  drawn  into 
the  whirlpool  of  foolishness  as  they  drift  along  the 
stream  of  novelty. 


294 


2725 

dare  proclaim  that  he  is  ordained  by  God, 
an<^   that  his   brother   is   not,   is  bold   indeed. 
God  has  ordained  that  all  shall  obey  the  laws 
of  life  and  all  men  are  equal  before  the  law. 

2726 
The  backbiters  are  the  wolves  of  society. 

2727 
A  dunce  is  bearable  if  he  knows  it. 

2728 
The  noblest  of  all  pursuits  is  the  service  of  humanity. 

2729 
The  defense  of  a  nation  is  love  of  home. 

2730 

The  meanest  opinion  thou  holdest  of  another  is  not 
too  mean  for  another  to  hold  of  thee. 

2731 

The  nearest  approach  to  vice  is  the  furthest  from 
virtue. 

2732 
The  best  part  of  life  is  that  which  is  best  spent. 

2733 

The  hills  and  the  valleys  that  science  has  traveled 
make  a  long  road,  but  there  is  no  end  in  sight. 

2734 

Usually  when  one  gives  a  piece  of  one's  mind  it  is  a 
rough  corner  of  no  value. 

2735 

The  last  step  in  vice  is  alone — the  penalty  must  be 
paid  by  the  wrongdoer. 

2736 

Visions  of  wealth  and  visions  of  poverty  :  these  mental 
pictures,  oftener  than  all  others,  appear  to  cautious 
men  urging  them  to  labor  and  to  save. 


295 


2737 

mayest  love  and  honor  the  great  and  the 
good  of  earth,  but  thou  mayest  not  worship 
them  as  men  were  wont  to  do  in  times  past 
before  the  age  of  print  cleared  the  mind.  Man  born  oi 
woman  may  be  thy  helper,  but  not  thy  God. 

2738 
The  thoughts  of  today  are  the  history  of  tomorrow. 

2739 

He  who  objects  to  fine  speech  objects  to  fine  manners. 

2740 

Alas,  that  the  nation  turn  from  the  ways  of  simplicity 
to  the  ways  of  duplicity,  and  cast  aside  the  garments 
of  equality  for  kingly  vestments  ! 

2741 

On  the  wings  of  time  cometh  death,  but  who  fears 
whose  life  is  holy  ? 

2742 

As  a  man's  gait  indicates  his  physical  direction,  it 
also  points  his  mental  direction. 

2743 

Scarcity  of  humor  maketh  a  dull  day,  but  an  abun 
dance  maketh  a  quick  one. 

2744 

Confidence  in  luck  means  confidence  in  illusion, 
though  it  would  seem  that  there  are  incoming  and 
outgoing  tides  upon  which  success  rides. 

2745 

Boldness  will  carry  a  villain  some  distance,  but  for 
sakes  him  at  the  door  of  justice. 

2746 

Murderers  inflict  more  misery  upon  themselves  than 
they  can  upon  their  victims.  It  is  easier  to  forget 
wrong  than  to  banish  ghosts. 


296 


2747 

think  or  not  to  think  admits  of  no  argument, 
but  thou  mayest  not  think  my  way  nor  I  thy 
way  regarding  the  things  beyond  vision ;  but 
if  thou  thinkest  well  of  me  and  I  well  of  thee,  our 
thinking  will  bring  us  no  evil,  though  our  conclusions 
lead  us  far  apart. 

2748 

The  caperings  of  poverty  in  the  guise  of  wealth — 
who  can  describe  them  and  not  both  laugh  and  cry? 

2749 

Mistake  not  refinement  for  indifference ;  the  unre 
fined  will  rush  in  where  delicacy  forbids  intrusion. 

2750 

Even  the  greatest  mind  can  not  do  my  thinking,  but 
may  help  me  to  think ;  and  though  I  may  reject 
valuable  lessons,  my  mind  has  grown  stronger  trying 
to  discern  truth. 

2751 

When  imagination  prompts  the  memory,  what  shall 
the  hearer  call  the  story? 

2752 

Hold  on  to  a  new  thought  long  enough  to  examine  it 
on  every  side  and  release  it  only  when  you  discover 
it  possesses  no  fair  side. 

2753 

The  most  pleasant  of  all  earth  dreams  is  the  reunion  of 
families  in  the  beyond,  and  sweet  is  the  teaching  that 
promises  the  reality. 

2754 

It  is  righteous  living  rather  than  fantastic  believing 
that  makes  a  man  ready  for  the  great  reaper. 

2755 

Under  thirty  years  of  age  a  man  is  a  novice,  but 
double  thirty  he  should  be  an  authority  and  so  con 
tinue  without  diminishing  luster  until  evolution 
relieves  him  and  takes  him  onward. 


297 


2756 

earlier  centuries  daubers  in  lurid  colors 
attracted  much  attention  to  their  pictures  of 
the  hereafter ;  but  now  the  truer  artist  is  come, 
and  in  place  of  a  blaze  he  is  painting  a  flower ;  and  in 
place  of  a  devil  is  drawing  a  man  ;  instead  of  gilding  is 
spreading  the  greensward ;  and  where  once  was  a 
throne  is  now  a  garden,  wherein  men  and  women 
move  and  talk  and  deport  themselves  rationally. 

2757 

A  prince  is  he  who  leads  an  unpopular  truth  whom 
posterity  will  crown  king. 

2758 

As  small  as  man  is  he  hath  a  great  work  to  do  and 
should  get  about  it  early. 

2759 

It  is  better  to  find  thy  place  and  keep  it  than  to  take 
another's.  Each  has  a  niche,  and  't  is  the  getting  into 
the  wrong  place  that  makes  so  much  trouble,  confusion 
and  failure. 

2760 
Hold  nothing  as  trivial   that  is  sacred  to  another. 


298 


BOOK  TEN 


2761 

EN  shudder  at  death ;  but  if 
death  never  approached,  men 
would  abhor  one  another  in  their 
infirmity,  and  the  world  would  not 
progress  with  an  enfeebled  popu 
lation  and  fixed  notions.  Every 
new  generation  is  prepared  for 
fresh  thought  that  the  removal  of 
a  former  generation  has  made 
possible.  The  old  branches  are  cut  away  when  they  no 
longer  bear  fruit. 

2762 

It  is  rash  to  jump  at  a  conclusion  when  time  is 
abundant. 

2763 

The  favorite  of  fortune  is  not  he  who  has  most  dollars, 
but  most  sense. 

2764 

Impartial  history  can  not  be  written,  because  his 
torians  are  men. 

2765 

A  cherished  spot  is  where  words  of  love  have  been 
spoken. 

2766 
Nature  colors  thy  every  thought. 

2767 

Liberty  is  man's  safety  or  his  destruction — just  as 
he  useth  it. 

2768 

Over-confidence  destroys  our  sense  of  values  and  makes 
us  imagine  that  we  are  great  when  we  are  barely 
acceptable. 

2769 

Rudeness  of  manner  and  harshness  of  speech  are 
unpleasant  enough  in  the  ignorant,  but  unpardon 
able  in  the  educated. 

2770 
Prying  open  secrets  is  as  reprehensible  as  pilfering. 


301 


2771 

Buy  what  thou  needest  or  earn  it ;  steal  it  never,  or 
it  will  curse  thee  in  spite  of  pleading. 

2772 

The  puniest  falsehood  may  obtain  so  vigorous  a 
growth  that  it  will  choke  the  truth.  'T  is  like  a  noxious 
weed  whose  rank  growth  uproots  the  delicate  plant 
beside  it. 

2773 

The  taming  of  a  shrew  is  the  instruction  of  the 
ignorant.  A  wise  woman  is  never  a  shrew. 

2774 

Feed  thy  soul,  O  mortal,  if  thou  dost  expect  to  save  it 
for  future  use. 

2775 

Be  not  ashamed  to  love  all  men — be  ashamed  to  hate 
one. 

2776 

The  last  to  come  under  the  shadow  of  an  angel  wing 
is  vanity. 

2777 
Censure  none  if  thou  wouldst  escape. 

2778 

Be  not  a  common  carrier  of  tales.  It  makes  thee  a 
servant. 

2779 

Seek  a  place  for  thyself  in  the  highest  places  and  fit 
thyself  daily  to  occupy  it  wisely  and  beneficently. 

2780 

Labor  is  salvation — without  it  mankind  would  be 
lost. 

2781 

It  is  plain  that  life  is  a  plan — but  he  who  can  trace 
it  has  not  yet  lived. 

2782 

Look  not  to  riches  for  ease  of  mind— unless  thou  hast 
it  now  thou  wouldst  not  have  it  then. 


302 


2783 

Do  not  pester  your  neighbor  with  disease  talk  ;  if  you 
wish  to  help  him  and  save  yourself,  talk  health  or 
hold  your  peace. 

2784 

Expect  no  reward  for  thy  good  deeds — it  may  come 
and  it  may  not  come,  but  thy  soul  has  been  expanded 
and  that  is  enough. 

2785 

Practise  not  deceit,  but  feel  all  that  you  express  of 
pleasure  or  friendliness. 

2786 
Work,  for  the  day  is  here.  Rest,  for  the  night  is  come. 

2787 

Fear  approaches  oftener  than  any  other  thought.  Its 
very  persistency  makes  it  a  dangerous  foe,  and  only 
by  constant  vigilance  can  we  protect  ourselves  from 
its  ravages. 

2788 

Hypocrisy  is  contemptible — silence  is  not,  and  is 
therefore  preferable. 

2789 

If  thou  art  truly  great  and  not  a  pretender  thou  canst 
not  be  tempted  to  depart  from  rectitude. 

2790 

Ferocity  of  manner  frequently  covers  a  cowardly 
heart. 

2791 

When  love  and  beauty  clamor  for  expression,  why 
deny  their  appeal  to  abide  with  us? 

2792 

So  hollow  is  hypocrisy  that  words  rattle  through  it 
like  gravel  through  a  cylinder  and  is  all  poured  out 
whilst  sincerity  is  silently  waiting  its  opportunity. 

2793 

The  breath  of  God  is  upon  us  when  we  feel  like  doing 
good  and  putting  evil  to  flight. 


303 


2794 

,OWLING  along  with  swift  steeds  one  beholds 
only  the  most  presentable  portions  of  the  homes 
that  line  the  way  of  life,  but  it  is  really  the 
backyards   that   tell   the   truer   story   of  humanity. 

2795 
A  flash  of  truth  lighteth  life's  way. 

2796 

Sensuality  slays  its  devotees — there  is  no  escaping 
from  the  clutches  of  this  monster. 

2797 

The  little  that  man  knows  of  himself  makes  him 
desirous  to  learn  more  or  nothing  at  all. 

2798 

Letters  are  the  impress  of  thought  and  will  outlive 
the  handwork  of  art. 

2799 

The  weight  of  testimony  is  in  favor  of  homes  against 
hostelries.  From  every  point  of  view  there  can  be  no 
other  verdict.  Is  not  the  average  man  readier  to 
defend  his  home  than  an  hotel? 

2800 

If  a  man  neglect  to  return  that  which  he  borrows  he 
holds  his  honor  cheap. 

2801 

Going  from  bad  to  worse  might  be  likened  to  entering 
a  bear's  den  when  the  bear  is  at  home  and  expect  not 
to  get  hurt. 

2802 

Hunger  is  not  the  cause  of  so  much  theft  as  covet- 
ousness,  which  is  not  confined  to  the  poor  but  takes 
possession  of  the  crowned  head  and  the  men  of  affairs. 

2803 

Beat  a  child  and  he  may  desert  thee — if  not  in  person, 
in  heart.  Any  method  of  correction  is  preferable  to 
the  lash,  because  the  lash  is  a  relic  of  servitude. 


304 


2804 

dead  languages  were  essential  to  dead 
peoples.  'T  is  the  usefulness  of  language  that 
makes  its  possession  valuable — therefore  a 
living  language  is  worth  more  than  all  dead  tongues 
because  of  utility. 

2805 

Failing  to  get  dollars,  a  man  may  get  sense — 
which  is  truly  the  need  of  mankind. 

2806 

The  work  of  life  is  the  discernment  of  the  true  from 
the  false.  This  is  education. 

2807 

Give  a  cordial  hand  to  a  repentant  and  lead  conver 
sation  into  the  future. 

2808 

A  tithe  of  thy  money  is  worth  more  to  the  needy 
than  a  tithe  of  thy  advice,  however  valuable,  and 
though  this  suggestion  is  very  old  it  is  novel  to  those 
who  have  not  acted  upon  it. 

2809 
Progress  is  labor,  though  labor  may  not  be  progress. 

2810 

If  thou  hast  not  a  care  over  thy  good  name,  few  will 
concern  to  preserve  it. 

2811 

Candor  is  not  thine  to  use  at  all  times.  It  must  be 
reserved  for  suitable  occasions. 

2812 

Rake  over  the  dead  past  for  a  day  and  if  thou  dost 
feel  the  better  for  it,  thou  art  a  singular  being. 

2813 

A  man  for  the  people  is  he  who  strives  to  lift  them 
single-handed  to  a  higher  niche  in  life's  temple  with 
out  disturbing  their  various  gods  and  religious  beliefs. 


305 


2814 

more  diligently  in  your  own  life  for 
defects  than  in  another's.  In  this  way  you  can 
perform  double  public  service,  as  you  will  be 
attending  to  your  own  affairs  and  not  meddling  with 
another's. 

2815 

A  wicked  man  is  he  who  desires  freedom  that  he  may 
oppress. 

2816 
A  little  amusement  is  a  tonic ;  too  much  is  an  emetic. 

2817 

The  final  end  of  hate  is  inconceivable,  but  its  direction 
is  darkness  and  misery. 

2818 

Select  your  friends  with  at  least  the  care  that  you 
would  your  household  wares. 

2819 

Dance  at  a  funeral  if  you  dare,  but  be  sure  that  your 
reason  therefor  is  not  misunderstood. 

2820 

Enter  not  the  church-door  to  pray  for  thy  soul  and 
forget  to  pray  for  thy  body,  which  is  the  temple  of  the 
soul  and  holier  than  the  place  wherein  thou  prayest, 
because  not  made  by  hands. 

2821 

Love  must  be  sown,  to  be  grown — therefore  expect 
not  a  crop  of  love  if  your  heart  is  barren. 

2822 

A  whining  child  needs  not  so  much  correcting  as 
directing. 

2823 

A  distinct  note  in  the  scale  of  being  is  sounded  when 
the  human  voice  reaches  the  keynote  of  love. 

2824 
If  everybody  hesitated  what  would  become  of  progress  ? 


306 


2825 

carping  of  critics  has  wounded  genius  more 
than  aught  else.  Mediocrity  is  less  injured  be- 
cause  less  sensitive.  A  cruel  thrust  does  not 
quicken  genius  nor  is  this  the  critic's  desire.  Genius 
needs  encouragement.  'T  is  mediocrity  that  pushes  to 
the  front  unassisted  and  unasked. 

2826 

Look  to  yourself  for  aid  when  your  predicament  is 
of  your  own  making. 

2827 
Though    sin    may    appear    strong    it    is    ever    weak. 

2828 

The  pain  of  parting  should  make  holy  the  hour 
companionship. 

2829 

At  the  bidding  of  love  homely  things  become  beautiful 
and  old  things  become  new. 

2830 
Love  strikes  no  blow  except  in  defense  of  its  own. 

2831 
It  requires  more  skill  to  mend  a  lie  than  to  make  one. 

2832 

The  vanity  of  the  vain  inspires  them  to  littleness 
rather  than  greatness. 

2833 

Be  kind  to  thyself ;  this  is  the  reverse  of  selfishness,  for 
all  thy  acts  must  be  good  and  thy  appetites  temperate. 

2834 
The  secret  of  contentment  is  hope. 

2835 

How  can  a  cheat  be  happy,  and  when  is  a  beggar  rich  ? 
Honesty  and  industry  are  the  only  roads  that  lead  to 
happiness  and  ease. 


307 


2836 

thou  voice  the  words  of  the  dead,  voice  also 
the  thoughts  of  the  living,  for  unto  every 
generation  is  given  its  thinkers,  and  the  past  is 
fraught  with  less  for  the  present  than  the  present  for 
the  present. 

2837 

One  need  not  go  to  the  bottom  of  the  sea  to  catch  a 
fish.  Truth  sometimes  lieth  near  the  surface  of  things. 

2838 
Laying    claim    to    integrity,    exercise    it    constantly. 

2839 

Get  into  the  way  of  giving  thyself  a  lecture  now  and 
then  and  spare  thy  neighbor. 

2840 

Fling  the  great  things  out  of  life  and  the  little  things 
assume  greater  proportions. 

2841 

A  playful  rebuke  is  ofttimes  more  effective  than  a 
severe  one,  because  it  has  no  sting. 

2842 

Thou  mayest  be  content  with  thy  surroundings,  but 
thou  mayest  not  with  thyself  lest  thou  cease  to 
progress. 

2843 

It  should  be  uphill  all  the  way  from  birth  to  the  open 
door  of  the  next  world.  The  ascent  is  so  gradual 
that  it  is  not  perceptible. 

2844 

A  coward  with  a  bold  look  can  accomplish  much 
when  little  is  required. 

2845 

If  the  door  of  the  next  world  opens  to  thy  vision,  close 
not  thine  eyes,  but  peer  as  far  in  as  thou  canst  and 
tell  what  thou  seest  to  them  who  would  know. 


308 


2846 

ONLY    in   the   degree    that   present    thought   is 
binding  to  the  future,  is  past  thought  binding 
to  the  present ;  and  if  this  could  be  driven  into 
the    sectarian's     mentality,    there     might     be    less 
quarreling  over  what  is  essential  to  salvation. 

2847 

To  fight  one's  way  to  the  front  of  public  recognition 
without  assistance  is  heroic  if  nothing  more. 

2848 

The  homely  flower  that  opens  under  thine  own  hand 
bears  a  sweeter  message  to  thee  than  strange  bloom. 

2849 

A  sure  evidence  of  thy  selfishness  is  the  desire  to  have 
more  than  thy  neighbor. 

2850 

The  human  mind  is  shaping  itself  for  the  new 
theology  that  hovers  in  the  very  atmosphere  ready 
to  descend.  And,  O  ye  of  little  faith,  can  ye  not 
see  that  it  is  God's  will  being  done  on  earth  as 
in  heaven  ? 

2851 

Be  reticent  when  strangers  question,  lest  they  learn 
of  thee  to  thy  harm. 

2852 

If  there  comes  to  thee  a  thought  that  pricks  thy 
conscience,  it  will  pierce  it  deep  and  lasting  if  not 
banished  instantly. 

2853 

Lay  not  the  cause  of  thy  trouble  to  another  and  thou 
wilt  the  sooner  overcome  it. 

2854 

Hope  reacheth  for  the  hand  of  love  in  the  darkness 
of  sorrow's  night,  and  if  the  world  turneth  away  in 
reproach  it  still  puts  forth  a  hand  for  some  pitying 
angel  to  clasp. 


309 


2855 

The  easy  bed  giveth  not  always  the  most  tranquil 
rest. 

2856 
A  little  child  is  more  instructive  than  a  little  adult. 

2857 

Snobbery  can  only  be  eradicated  by  the  broadest 
education  inasmuch  as  narrow  education  cultivates 
it  and  its  attendant  weakness  and  is  the  beginning 
of  decay. 

2858 

An  angel  with  a  flaming  sword  can  not  prevent 
scandal  from  entering  the  gates  of  imprudence. 

2859 

The  supremacy  of  the  body  over  the  mind  leads  to 
the  undoing  of  both. 

2860 

A  fulfilment  of  God's  love  for  man  is  permission  to 
die  when  he  hath  need  and  rise  in  the  scale  of  life. 

2861 

The  mind  of  man  is  a  unit — its  subdivisions  but  a 
wordy  fancy. 

2862 

The  fire  in  a  man's  soul  burneth  through  great  obsta 
cles. 

2863 

What  cleanseth  the  heart  more  thoroughly  of  vanity 
than  danger !  Then  soft  hands  clasp  roughest  palms 
with  common  thought. 

2864 

Every  day  an  addition  is  made  to  the  literature  of  the 
world,  but  only  now  and  then  cometh  a  book  stamped 
immortal. 

2865 

The  lioness  naturally  plays  with  her  whelps,  but  not 
with  man ;  and  time  spent  by  man  in  forcing  Nature 
to  change  her  ways,  the  lioness  properly  resents. 


310 


2866 

If  a  man  have  opinions  in  a  hostile  camp,  he  had 
better  keep  them  than  force  them  on  unwilling  ears. 

2867 
A  frivolous  life  is  a  vexatious  one. 

2868 

Truth  will  eventually  overcome  error,  but  not  always 
soon  enough  to  save  the  slaughter  of  many  who 
perish  whilst  it  gathers  strength. 

2869 

The  pleasure  of  giving  pleasure  is  all  the  reward  one 
could  wish. 

2870 
The  steps  unto  heaven  are  acts  of  kindness. 

2871 

The  greatest  hindrance  to  spiritual  progress  is  vener 
ation  of  superstition. 

2872 

Hammer  your  own  views  on  the  anvil  of  common - 
sense  and  temper  them  with  love. 

2873 

Go  to  thy  couch  with  love  toward  all,  even  thine 
enemies,  for  in  the  silence  of  sleep  thou  mayest  over 
come  them  and  master  thyself. 

2874 

If  you  look  for  motives,  outward  forms  and  impressions 
will  impress  you  less. 

2875 

Hold  this  thought  forever :  if  thy  desire  is  more  light, 
it  will  always  shine  in  thy  soul  with  increasing 
brilliance. 

2876 

Lo,  gold  is  losing  its  power  day  by  day,  and  there  is 
growing  recognition  of  merit  amongst  them  who  have 
balanced  brains. 


311 


2877 

is  a  note  of  God  in  all  that  reacheth 
mine  ear,  and  in  all  that  mine  eye  perceives 
there  is  a  semblance.  The  rose  in  its  hidden 
heart  and  the  dewy  wild  blooms  hold  God  close  and 
express  to  their  limit  love  divine. 

2878 

How  can  one  hold  another  and  pour  the  truth  down 
him  ?  He  would  spew  it  up  and  curse. 

2879 

The  sands  of  the  sea  and  the  rocky  mountain- peaks 
write  for  man  their  own  scriptures. 

2880 

Do  not  tie  yourself  to  the  past  nor  present.  Be  free 
to  think,  that  you  may  be  free  to  grow. 

2881 

Anything  that  makes  thee  wiser  should  make  thee 
better. 

2882 

Man  looks  upon  the  sun,  moon  and  stars  so  often  that 
he  ceases  to  marvel  at  their  strange  beauty,  which 
should  always  inspire  him  with  awe  and  a  worshipful 
spirit. 

2883 

Regard  with  suspicion  any  man  who  would  retard 
your  growth  by  hindering  your  thought. 

2884 

My  fancy  scare th  as  it  will,  but  my  imagination  is 
creative  and  that  needs  directing. 

2885 

It  can  scarcely  be  said  that  thought  originates  with 
any  man,  but  it  is  his  if  he  can  grasp  it. 

2886 

Whosoever  goeth  to  a  fortune-teller  for  a  fortune  is 
placed  on  the  anticipative  list,  if  nothing  more. 


312 


2887 
The  ends  of  justice  trail  a  long  way  behind  courts. 

2888 
Knowledge  preacheth  progression. 

2889 

In  the  icy  Poles  does  God  labor  as  diligently  as  in  the 
luxuriant  tropic  land  to  carry  out  his  gigantic  plan. 

2890 

Forward  and  backward — backward  and  forward — 
swings  the  pendulum  of  success  and  failure. 

2891 

A  man's  religion  may  be  as  truly  inherited  as  his 
name,  but  his  morals  should  be  directed  and  his 
tastes  cultivated  without  reference  to  his  inheritance. 

2892 

A  great  thought  expressed  in  a  shrill  key  impresses 
us  less  than  a  low  tone. 

2893 

Though  a  man  inherits  much  from  his  parents  he 
inherits  more  from  his  country.  It  is  difficult  for  a 
great  soul  to  manifest  greatness  in  a  narrow  land. 

2894 

The  crumbs  from  one  man's  table  will  spread  a 
banquet  for  another ;  all  wastefulness  is  wrong  and 
distribution  right. 

2895 

Revenge  is  more  terrible  than  a  revolving  blade 
which  slashes  without  mercy. 

2896 

Though  a  lisping  child  may  utter  wisdom  at  intervals, 
none  are  accounted  wise  who  have  not  had  experience. 

2897 

The  sweetest  song  does  not  always  proceed  from  the 
topmost  boughs  of  the  tree. 


313 


2898 

A  haughty  contempt  for  wrongdoing  is  commendable, 
but  a  haughty  contempt  for  the  wrongdoer  is  censur 
able. 

2899 
A  warm  coat  may  cover  a  frozen  heart. 

2900 

Oh,  would  that  truth  were  mighty  to  slay  its  antagonist 
at  the  outset. 

2901 

The  pursuit  of  money  for  personal  power  will  land 
the  hunter  at  last  in  the  ditch,  but  to  pursue  it  for 
noble  purposes  is  praiseworthy. 

2902 

To  catch  a  villain  is  not  difficult,  but  to  reform  him 
requires  more  than  the  machinery  of  the  law. 

2903 

There  be  some  of  long  memory  and  racy  tongue  ever 
ready  to  accuse  the  reformer  of  insincerity  if 
unfortunately  he  may  have  slipped  on  the  path  of 
rectitude. 

2904 

Though  cut  to  the  quick,  pride  does  not  fall  before 
duty,  though  vanity  may  sink  with  humiliation. 

2905 

I  see  not  how  God  can  be  pleased  or  displeased  by 
what  man  may  say  or  think,  but  I  can  see  how  man 
can  injure  or  benefit  himself  by  his  words  and  his 
thoughts  and  especially  by  his  deeds. 

2906 

Wise  men  are  trying  most  to  be  just,  though  pious 
men  may  be  trying  most  to  make  converts. 

2907 

The  people  at  large  praise  not  God  more  than  them 
selves  for  that  which  they  have,  and  the  viewpoint 
makes  this  appear  right  or  wrong. 


314 


2908 

Thou  canst  not  steal  another's  friend  away  and 
escape  the  sharp  stiletto  of  jealousy  later. 

2909 

Pander  to  a  man's  vanity  and  he  may  despise  thee 
though  he  smile. 

2910 
The  thirst  of  the  mind  is  unquenchable. 

2911 

Whittle  a  stick  to  a  point  and  it  describes  an  unde 
veloped  mind. 

2912 

If  ye  desire  a  new  heaven  and  a  new  earth,  ye  must 
have  new  thoughts. 

2913 

Inasmuch  as  ye  depart  from  sincerity  ye  depart 
from  honor. 

2914 

It  were  kinder  to  strangle  affection  ere  it  grows,  than 
to  ask  it  to  live  with  suspicion  and  jealousy. 

2915 

Wherefore  a  mind  if  not  for  use?  Wherefore  an  arm 
if  not  for  use  ?  Wherefore  anything  if  not  useful  to 
round  out  and  perfect  the  man? 

2916 

Of  what  use  is  a  long  life  without  good  works?  The 
retention  of  the  physical  body  for  evil  deeds  maketh 
the  condition  worse. 

2917 

One  might  as  reasonably  wager  on  the  weight  on  a 
hook  before  drawing  in  the  line  as  to  wager  on  a 
future  state  because  of  some  belief. 

2918 

Spontaneity  of  thought  indicates  neither  shallowness 
nor  depth.  The  words  and  the  man  indicate  more 
than  quickness  or  hesitancy  of  his  speech. 


315 


2919 

search  for  one's  affinity  on  earth  would  be  to 
search  for  the  proverbial  needle  in  the  hay ;  but 
agreeable  companionship  may  be  met  at  the 
first  turning  and  the  mistakes  of  the  affinity-hunter 
avoided. 

2920 

A  rogue  can  be  made  a  churchman  easier  than  he  can 
be  made  an  honest  man. 

2921 

However  ambitious,  the  possessor  of  a  dull  eye  and 
a  witless  tongue  is  heavily  handicapped  in  the  race 
for  public  honors. 

2922 
Delay  not  thy  salvation,  which  is  soul  cultivation. 

2923 

Without  the  change  called  death  man  is  debarred  the 
pleasures  of  advanced  worlds. 

2924 

A  solecism  may  contain  a  lesson,  and  a  barbarism 
convey  a  truth. 

2925 
There  is  little  of  worth  contained  in  grumbling. 

2926 

Be  gentle  but  not  weak ;  be  firm  but  not  stubborn ; 
be  positive  but  not  obdurate;  be  cautious  but  not 
cowardly ;  be  direct  but  not  harsh. 

2927 

The  loudest  complaint  is  sometimes  the  least  noticed 
and  the  last  relieved. 

2928 

The  seamy  side  of  your  life  should  not  be  shown.  It 
offends  the  public  and  degrades  yourself. 

2929 

Be  content  that  you  fret  not,  but  be  not  so  content 
that  you  aspire  not. 


316 


2930 

IF  I  am  called  a  Christian  the  world  knows  little 
of  my  true  character ;  if  I  am  called  by  any 
other  religious  name  nothing  is  known  of  my 
heart ;  but  if  I  am  called  righteous  my  life  is  then 
known  to  all  men  of  whatsoever  belief. 

2931 

If  thou  hast  an  implacable  enemy  it  is  a  sore  hindrance 
to  thee  and  to  him. 

2932 

Let  there  be  a  song  in  thy  heart  when  thy  hand 
performeth  either  the  chosen  or  the  necessary  work 
of  thy  life. 

2933 

New  truths  can  not  be  accurately  measured  by  old 
standards :  new  truth  requires  new  theology. 

2934 

Alas,  that  the  lords  of  creation  are  not  all  rulers  of 
themselves ! 

2935 
The  place  for  egotism  is  behind  itself. 

2936 

A  thousand  good  deeds  can  not  efface  one  bad  deed. 
On  the  book  of  life  a  thousand  will  stand  to  your 
credit  and  one  to  your  discredit. 

2937 

Small  men  are  purchasable,  but  a  great  man  is  beyond 
price. 

2938 
Genius  blooms  on  strange  stalks. 

2939 

When  ambition  is  aroused  after  a  long  sleep  it  may 
not  desire  to  rest  again. 

2940 

Capture  a  truth  whenever  you  find  it :  it  is  thine  to 
hold. 


317 


2941 

The  relation  of  age  and  wrinkles  is  perplexing  to  the 
metaphysician. 

2942 

Measure  not  your  achievements  by  the  mediocrity  of 
one,  but  by  the  superiority  of  another. 


2943 

rlarai 

and  determination,  and  both  are  essential  to  success. 


/  I  can  and  I  will :  this  declaration  embraces  confidence 


2944 

Who  are  the  ignorant  ?  They  who  know  less  than  God, 
and  that  is  why  all  men  sin  in  degree. 

2945 

Life  is  a  bridge  of  sighs  to  those  who  cross  the  channel 
of  remorse. 

2946 

Over  the  mountains  of  science  is  rising  the  bright 
assurance  of  immortality. 

2947 
To  encourage  truthfulness  do  not  flog  it. 

2948 

Eloquence  can  not  gloss  sin,  though  pleading  may 
protect  it. 

2949 

Like  an  arrow  from  a  hunter's  bow  comes  thought 
from  the  Infinite  to  the  finite  mind. 

2950 

If  one  in  a  hundred  would  cast  out  fear  the  ninety 
and  nine  would  be  happier. 

2951 

Mercy  ^  always  shines    in  God's  world,  but  grows  dim 
in  man's  when  he  wages  injustice. 

2952 
When  you  meet  applause  question  it. 


318 


2953 

keenest  mentality  can  not  penetrate  the 
mystery  of  the  past  and  the  future  of  man.  His 
earthly  sojourn  and  a  glimmer  of  the  spirit 
world  must  suffice  him,  but  his  beginning  seemeth 
more  mysterious  for  the  mind  to  contemplate  than 
his  destiny. 

2954 

Listeners  may  hear  no  good  of  themselves,  but  they 
may  be  much  profited  thereby  if  they  be  apt  in 
applying. 

2955 

Fill  thy  days  with  goodness  and  thy  nights  will  be 
free  from  fear. 

2956 

Dam  up  egotism  and  the  stream  of  conversation 
would  run  low. 

2957 

One  may  have  cares  and  no  growth,  but  one  may  not 
have  growth  and  no  cares. 

2958 

Love,  we  say,  is  the  most  precious  of  human  attri 
butes.  Hence  we  reason  that  God  is  love. 

2959 
Without  continuity  of  thought  the  mind  is  in  tatters. 

2960 

When  one  is  searching  for  truth  one  has  no  time  to 
hate. 

2961 

On  account  of  limitation  ignorance  fails  to  under 
stand  intelligence. 

2962 

Should  we  find  a  little  flaw  in  another,  how  can  we 
blazon  it  and  be  flawless? 

2963 

A  dilemma :  the  hands  full  of  money  and  the  feet  in 
the  grave. 


319 


2964 

If  thou  art  superior  thou  wilt  lift  thyself  above  the 
inferior. 

2965 
Laugh  wherever  you   go   and   the   way   is   cheerful. 

2966 

Thou  canst  be  happy  in  a  barren  house,  but  only 
miserable  in  a  barren  mind ;  therefore  furnish  thy 
mind  first. 

2967 

Oh,  the  pity  that  degenerates  be  born  into  this  world 
of  men  and  women  who  know  not  how  to  regenerate 
them! 

2968 
Hatred  bringeth  the  hater  into  contempt. 

2969 

God,  make  Thou  me  to  look  with  the  eyes  of  a  saint 
and  not  with  the  eyes  of  a  sinner ;  then  will  I  see  only 
Thee  and  rejoice. 

2970 

If  the  cord  of  friendship  be  severed,  there  is  no  tone, 
however  skilled,  who  can  unite  it  without  seam. 

2971 

A  despondent  mind  makes  surroundings  of  the  same 
hue. 

2972 

The  sweetest  tone  in  any  language  is  that  which 
expresses  love,  and  the  harshest  that  which  destroys  it. 

2973 

Converse  with  thy  soul  occasionally  and  thou  wilt 
find  the  acquaintance  not  without  material  and 
spiritual  profit. 

2974 

What  a  wonderful  and  beautiful  world  does  man 
behold  ;  yet  it  is  only  one  of  countless  numbers  that 
he  may  be  destined  to  occupy  in  his  upward  journey 
toward  the  goal  of  perfect  being. 


320 


2975 

He  who  commits  suicide  will  not  find  the  boatman  of 
Charon  awaiting  him,  but  must  journey  alone  in 
darkness  to  the  unknown  land. 

2976 

Over-cultivation  of  the  commercial  instinct  causeth 
the  artistic  to  subside. 

2977 
The   world   is    a   charnel-house    of  worldly   failures. 

2978 

O  God,  no  man  is  permitted  to  know  Thee,  but  all  may 
love  the  giver  of  life. 

2979 

The  moment  we  listen  for  praise  vanity  clamors  for 
admittance. 

2980 

A  dangerous  point  is  where  decision  and  indecision 
meet. 

2981 

When  the  thoughts  are  sad  laughter  runneth  away, 
for  with  gloom  it  perishes. 

2982 

The  wind  changes  suddenly,  and  if  it  has  been  blow 
ing  a  long  time  from  the  stormy  quarter,  it  can  not 
be  far  to  pleasant  weather. 

2983 

Whenever  you  slip  and  fall,  get  up  and  take  more 
heed. 

2984 

Vanity  rejoiceth  much  to  display  its  possessions,  but 
is  despondent  when  it  hath  naught  to  flaunt. 

2985 

Avoid  precipitance  unless  there  be  urgent  necessity. 
It  is  not  prudent  to  disturb  a  dog  with  a  bone. 

2986 
Refinement  is  the  kernel  of  decorum. 


321 


2987 

However  keen  the  intellect  and  sharp  the  eye,  if  the 
conscience  be  dull,  man  when  weighed  in  the  balance 
will  be  found  wanting. 

2988 

When  the  people  have  more  religion  than  civilization 
the  love  of  God  and  man  leaveth  them. 

2989 

Sages  will  tell  you  that  all  they  know  has  been 
acquired  by  diligence,  and  that  indolence  never 
acquired  anything  but  failure. 

2990 

Everything  that  tends  to  widen  the  scope  of  human 
vision  should  be  received  with  applause. 


322 


BOOK  ELEVEN 


2991 

ERY  many  gather  at  the  gate  of 
sin  to  watch  the  people  pass 
through,  and  it  is  not  uncommon 
for  one  of  the  curious  onlookers  to 
be  pushed  in  with  the  crowd, 
much  to  his  surprise  and  chagrin. 
But  when  once  within  the  enclo 
sure  he  is  branded  and  carries  the 
felon's  mark,  whether  or  not  his 
mishap  is  the  result  of  accident  or  intention. 

2992 
Untruth  is  the  quintessence  of  evil. 

2993 

The  least  we  can  do  for  ourselves  is  to  pray ;  the  most 
we  can  do  is  to  work. 

2994 

To  walk  on  the  edge  of  a  cliff  in  the  darkness  is 
perilous,  but  not  more  so  than  to  walk  on  the  narrow 
edge  of  dishonesty  with  the  yawning  abyss  of  crime 
below. 

2995 
The  gateway  that  leads  to  heaven  is  nearer  than  death. 

2996 

The  ability  to  read  character  is  oftener  the  possession 
of  the  rogue  than  the  honest  man. 

2997 
A  Godlike  attribute  of  woman  is  her  patience. 

2998 

A  thoughtful  man  guardeth  his  speech,  but  vacuity  is 
heard  afar. 

2999 

Avoid  pretense  and  pretenders  if  thou  lovest  thyself, 
truly. 

3000 
The  sun  is  the  hope  of  the  world. 


325 


3001 

QOT  to  go  in  when  it  rains  is  accounted  foolish, 
but    when    the    storms    of    persecution    beat 
mercilessly    on    the    world's    most    advanced 
thinkers  it  is  the  fools  who  are  first  to  seek  the  shelter 
of  old  opinions. 

3002 
Persecution  is  the  outcome  of  bigotry. 

3003 

To  continue  in  evil  when  conscience  warns  is  to  stand 
on  a  railroad-track  and  await  the  oncoming  engine 
of  destruction. 

3004 

The  dew  of  heaven  waters  the  mellow  heart  of  benev 
olence  that  each  day  the  white  flowers  of  kindness 
may  bud  and  blossom  for  some  needy  soul. 

3005 

When  we  look  to  the  gay  and  heartless  world  for 
sympathy  we  receive  its  scorn. 

3006 

Whatsoever  we  may  do  to  uplift  ourselves  we  may 
know  that  God  attends  our  efforts. 

3007 

The  finding  of  the  truth  is  the  work  of  the  world,  but 
there  are  too  many  drones  at  present. 

3008 

Lean  thoughts  and  lean  minds  belong  to  those  who 
exercise  them  least. 

3009 

Whatsoever  may  be  your  offense  against  humanity, 
there  must  be  opportunity  to  rise  even  though  exe 
cution  be  the  penalty,  but  of  the  time  required  to 
balance  your  account  for  outraging  law  only  justice 
knows. 

3010 

Boast  not  of  thy  ancestors ;  the  world  judged  them 
long  ago,  it  will  judge  thee  now. 


326 


3011 
The  unrest  of  today  is  the  calm  of  tomorrow. 

3012 
Thrice   welcome    is    a    friend    who    comes    rejoicing. 

3013 

He  who  labors  from  choice  enjoys  the  work,  but  he 
who  labors  without  choice  despises  the  work  and  the 
director. 

3014 
Poverty  is  never  kind  and  ofttimes  cruel. 

3015 
Proclaim  health,  but  never  talk  disease . 

3016 
Except  a  ruler  be  a  lover  of  liberty  he  will  oppress. 

3017 

Youth  is  not  more  pleasing  than  age.  Is  not  the  harvest 
season  as  pleasant  as  the  planting  time?  Is  not  the 
full  mind  of  maturity  more  satisfying  than  the  empty 
one  of  childhood  ? 

3018 

Say  not  thou  art  too  old  to  learn  if  it  be  thy  desire. 
Increase  thy  knowledge  and  extend  thy  strength  to 
the  uttermost  point. 

3019 

The  noblest  of  patriots  is  he  who  goeth  forth  from  the 
heart's  home  without  murmuring  and  without  praise. 

3020 

Let  go  of  prejudice,  that  thou  mayest  advance  natu 
rally. 

3021 

The  plucking  of  thoughts  from  the  mental  garden  will 
give  thee  pleasure  and  profit. 

3022 

Injustice  is  the  torment  of  mankind ;  justice,  the 
consolation. 


327 


3023 

to  be  like  thy  neighbor,  do  those  things  that 
bring  thee  naught  but  weariness?  If  thou 
wouldst  be  at  thy  best,  follow  not  thy  neighbor 
but  set  thine  own  pace,  that  health  and  usefulness 
abide  long  to  serve  thyself  and  others  faithfully. 

3024 

Fly  from  anger  as  thou  wouldst  before  a  storm  to 
keep  thee  whole,  for  as  surely  as  passion  overwhelm  it 
will  destroy  thee  in  part. 

3025 

If  thou  wilt  thou  mayest  talk  with  thy  spirit  as  with 
a  friend,  and  what  thy  reason  may  not  declare  thy 
intuition  may  discern. 

3026 
Provide  a  man  with  wings  and  his  peril  increases. 

3027 

The  safety  of  man  is  his  progress :  his  danger  is  his 
ignorance. 

3028 

Everything  that  comes  to  thee  accept  for  thy  enlight 
enment. 

3029 

The  day  will  come  when  the  man  below  and  the  man 
on  high  will  converse  with  freedom  and  no  one  doubt. 

3030 

Every  night  should  find  you  a  little  nearer  the  height 
of  your  ambition. 

3031 

Oh,  that  simplicity  and  fashion  would  walk  the  world 
hand  in  hand  evermore  ! 

3032 

Depart  not  from  thine  own  conclusions  of  what  is 
right  and  what  is  wrong  to  please  the  king  himself. 

3033 
Selfishness  often  prompts  a  lavish  hand. 


328 


3034 

EOLLY  says,  "  Risk  thy  whole  fortune  on  one 
turn."    Reason    says,    "  Risk    only    that    thou 
canst  spare."  But  wisdom   says,    "  Avoid   the 
game  of  chance  as  thou  wouldst  the  tentacles  of  the 
octopus   if  thou   wouldst   save   thyself  an  untimely 
end." 

3035 

Compulsion  might  be  used  with  a  friend,  not  with  the 
stranger. 

3036 

What  have  years  to  do  with  thee,  O  woman  of  eternity, 
that  thou  shouldst  spend  thy  precious  moments 
bemoaning  their  departure? 

3037 

Clothe  ideas  simply,  and  they  will  be  more  pleasing ; 
overloaded,  they  appear  stilted. 

3038 

A  layman  hath  as  much  authority  to  think  as  a 
clergyman,  and  having  more  liberty  it  is  the  layman 
that  will  think  for  the  church  in  the  Twentieth 
Century  and  the  clergy  will  follow  the  flock. 

3039 

Be  not  disturbed  by  what  the  great  world  may  think 
of  thee  if  thou  art  at  peace  with  thine  own  soul. 

3040 

If  thou  art  looking  for  glory,  look  upward.  If  thy 
career  is  downward,  thou  wilt  miss  it. 

3041 

Thinking  is  a  man's  inheritance  of  which  only  the 
crafty  would  despoil  him. 

3042 

If  immortality  be  not  true,  why  should  men  concern 
one  about  another?  If  in  a  twinkling,  life  is  o'er,  of 
what  avail  to  struggle  against  the  current?  It  is  faith 
in  immortality  that  makes  men  strive. 


329 


3043 

GLIMB  as  high  as  you  can  you  can  not  reach 
your  ideal  in  art  or  literature,  and  me  thinks 
there  will  ever  be  a  niche  above  thy  head — even 
in  the  worlds  to  come — through  which  thou  mayest 
pass  on  thy  journey  in  quest  of  perfection. 

3044 
Alas !  Infallibility  is  not  man's  inheritance. 

3045 
Thou  mayest  drive  an  ox,  but  it  is  wiser  to  lead  a  man. 

3046 

Evolution  is  a  snail's  pace :  revolution  the  rush  of  a 
mad  elephant. 

3047 

When  a  man  has  charity  for  his  own  misdeeds  and 
none  for  his  neighbor's,  what  shall  be  said  of  him? 

3048 

What  can  be  more  offensive  than  laudation  of  one's 
self  to  the  exclusion  of  all  others  ? 

3049 

Fear  not,  revengeful  man,  that  natural  law  will  not 
punish  the  wrongdoer,  whether  it  be  thee  or  thy 
enemy. 

3050 

The  brain  is  the  meter  which  registers  every  thought 
that  passes  through  it. 

3051 

It  seemeth  not  true  that  each  man  individually  builds 
his  own  body,  but  that  a  thousand,  yea,  ten  thousand 
minds  or  forces,  have  a  formative  influence  in  the 
building  of  the  spirit's  temple. 

3052 
Whithersoever   thou   goest   let   peace   go   with   thee. 

3053 
Faith  hath  no  sight,  but  hope  guides. 


330 


3054 

GOD   forbid   that  any  man  say  to  his  brother, 
"  Thou  art  doomed  to  eternal  torment,  whilst 
I  will  inherit  bliss  because  of  my  little  man- 
fashioned  belief  of  puny  conception"  ;  but  if  he  sayeth 
it,  have  mercy  upon  him.  for  he  lacketh  understanding. 

3055 

Thou  mayest  find  beautiful  blossoms  in  the  common 
est  gardens :  so  in  the  human  garden,  some  lovely 
characters  will  be  found  in  poorest  soil  and  miserable 
surroundings. 

3056 

If  thou  be  light  in  thy  mind  thou  will  be  in  thy 
countenance. 

3057 

The  highest  compliment  bestowed  upon  modesty  is 
not  flattery. 

3058 

Labor  serves  itself  worst  when  its  work  is  badly  done, 
and  serves  itself  best  when  its  work  is  well  done. 

3059 

If  the  heart  seize  a  fallacy  it  will  cherish  it  longer 
than  the  head. 

3060 

Mourn  with  the  mourner  if  you  choose,  but  it  were 
better  to  smile  than  to  cry  and  thus  lift  the  veil  of  woe. 

3061 

To  catch  a  thief  does  not  reform  him :  society  is  only 
temporarily  relieved  of  a  degenerate. 

3062 

If  thou  be  insulted,  thou  canst  turn  away  without 
other  than  imaginary  harm.  Not  so  if  thou  retaliate : 
then  thou  fallest  and  bringest  evil  to  thyself. 

3063 

If  thy  heart  is  fixed  on  doing  good,  thou  wilt  find  life 
bright  if  there  is  no  other  life  around  thee. 


331 


3064 

sons  of  toil  are  needful — so  are  the  sons  that 
direct  the  toilers.  There  is  a  middle  line  to 
which  they  must  move :  when  each  serves  the 
other,  there  can  be  no  bone  of  contention  over  which 
to  fight. 

3065 

It  is  good  to  dance,  it  is  good  to  sing,  and  if  thou 
canst  do  these  things  when  the  sun  is  high,  it  is  better 
than  when  darkness  prevails. 

3066 

Water  is  God's  offering  to  man ;  rum  is  man's  offering 
to  man:  the  difference  in  the  effects  bespeaks  the 
richness  of  the  one  and  the  meanness  of  the  other. 

3067 

Dim  is  the  lamp  of  ignorance,  brilliant  the  light  of 
knowledge. 

3068 

Fear  will  usurp  the  throne  of  reason  if  permitted. 

3069 

A  gray  morning  may  prepare  a  golden  evening. 

3070 

Beauty  without  good  sense  is  as  disappointing  as  a 
rose  without  fragrance. 

3071 

Would  I  live  forever?  Yea,  but  not  on  this  beautiful 
earth,  but  in  a  fairer  world  of  light,  life  and  intelligence, 
and  then  in  a  higher  and  a  higher  and  so  up  forever. 

3072 

Confide  in  a  fool  if  you  dare  and  your  plans  will 
vanish  in  air. 

3073 
The  joy  of  life  is  in  the  mind. 

3074 

Such  as  harken  unto  prophecy  should  forget  not 
that  there  are  false  prophets  among  the  true. 


332 


3075 
How  can  a  man  do  right  if  he  think  wrong  ? 

3076 
The  prelude  of  sin  is  inclination. 

3077 

The  finding  of  a  flawless  character  is  doubtful,  and 
hunting  for  flaws  is  neither  commendable  nor  profit 
able,  however  much  it  may  gratify  the  hunter. 

3078 

Training  the  young  to  clear  thinking  is  part  of  the 
nation's  work  in  the  nation's  schoolhouses. 

3079 

Is  not  the  truth  more  precious  than  thy  merchandise  ? 
And  is  not  lying  more  harmful  for  thee  than  losing  it? 

3080 

In  the  fulness  of  time  man  will  reign  over  himself, 
and  then  prison-houses  will  be  turned  into  curiosity- 
shops  wherein  are  exhibited  the  devices  of  a  semi- 
civilized  people  to  maintain  order. 

3081 
The  sequel  of  ambition  is  progression. 

3082 

If  trying  to  get  somewhere,  when  first  choice  fails, 
do  not  refuse  the  second.  If  the  bridge  is  gone,  find  a 
boat. 

3083 
Labor  not  to  be  called  wise,  but  to  increase  knowledge. 

3084 

O  ye  that  are  idle,  can  ye  not  find  some  work  to  do 
that  will  entitle  thee  to  be  called  the  children  of 
perpetual  motion? 

3085 

Rock  me  gently,  dear  mother  of  Nature,  that  I  fall 
not  out  of  my  cradle  of  experience  and  die  young,  for 
it  is  meant  that  I  grow  wise  ere  I  depart. 


333 


3086 

a  traveler  with  a  donkey  meet  a  traveler 
without  a  donkey,  he  need  not  divide  the 
donkey  in  twain  nor  dismount  and  walk.  Let 
commonsense  direct  thy  philanthropy,  that  all  be 
benefited  and  none  injured. 

3087 

Let  the  light  of  thine  own  countenance  brighten  some 
sorrowful  visage. 

3088 

The  strenuous  life  slays,  therefore  the  strenuous  life 
will  have  its  day  and  be  no  more,  for  the  man  is 
greater  than  all  else  and  must  be  saved. 

3089 
The  benefits  of  giving  increase  with  years. 

3090 

Double  your  speed  when  the  devil  is  behind ;  slacken 
it  when  he  is  ahead. 

3091 

The  little  we  know  of  God  should  make  us  modest 
about  dogmatizing. 

3092 

The  theft  of  thy  goods  is  not  so  serious  as  the  theft  of 
thy  character,  yet  in  man's  world  the  offense  is 
meted  a  heavier  punishment. 


334 


BOOK  TWELVE 


3093 

HAT  think  ye  of  the  man  whose 
conception  of  God  is  this  :  A  music- 
master  with  a  gigantic  choir  and 
a  song  extending  through  all 
eternity  ?  Or  this :  A  magistrate 
sitting  in  judgment  on  the  unfor 
tunate,  and  a  son  in  the  capacity 
of  an  attorney  ?  Or  this :  A 

monarch  on  a  white  throne,  with  countless  attendants 

in  waiting  ?  Think  ye  not  such  pictures  a  mockery  and 

a  reviling  of  Divinity  ? 

3094 

Men  must  always  grope,  because  ahead  of  them  there 

is  something  unfamiliar. 

3095 

One  may  laugh  every  hour  of  the  day  and  not  grow 
weary,  but  one  may  not  cry. 

3096 

Whoever  gives  thee  a  good  thought  is  thy  friend  and 
helper  though  thou  disdain. 

3097 

The  rustling  of  conscience  is  the  breathing  of  good 
within. 

3098 

I  shall  have  found  the  supreme  one  when  I  shall  have 
found  first  cause. 

3099 

The  life  that  upholds  thee  upholds  me—  then  why  should 
there  be  contention,  e'en  though  we  see  not  with  the 
same  eye  and  think  not  with  the  same  mind  ? 

3100 

Low  instincts  disregard  rank  and  station.  They 
appear  everywhere. 

3101 

Be  resigned  to  natural  law,  but  struggle  against 
men's  infliction  with  all  thy  strength. 


337 


3102 

A  prince  and  a  beggar  have  points  in  common : 
wanting  much,  bestowing  little  or  nothing,  and 
working  not  at  all. 

3103 

We  can  not  crowd  down  a  brother  or  sister  without 
crowding  down  ourselves.  The  very  act  lowers  us 
perchance  below  their  level. 

3104 

If  thou  hast  an  unkind  thought  in  thy  mind,  it  is 
cumbering  it  foolishly. 

3105 

Evolution  does  not  confine  its  work  to  six  days ; 
having  time,  it  labors  toward  perfection  slowly. 

3106 

Truth  never  runs  from  man,  but  man  runs  from 
truth  and  is  called  devout. 

3107 
With  righteous  desire  mingle  expectancy. 

3108 
"\  When  there  is  patience  there  is  forgiveness. 

3109 

The  truth  from  any  source — to  go  forth  with  this 
thought  banishes  prejudice  and  gives  promise  of  a 
greater  abundance. 

3110 

We  say  that  a  dog  is  intelligent,  so  say  we  of  a  man ; 
but  we  say  of  a  man  that  he  is  intellectual,  but  not 
so  say  we  of  a  dog. 

3111 
Where  there  is  scorn  there  is  hatred. 

3112 
Caution  is  sometimes  cowardice. 

3113 

The  theologian  can  not  interpret  God.  The  infidel 
does  not  try,  and  this  seems  all  the  difference  in  them. 


338 


3114 

is  no  finality  to  customs :  the  usages  of 
today  are  the  conditions  of  tomorrow ;  the 
evolution  of  manners  will  in  time  lead  to  kind 
ness,  sincerity  and  refinement ;  and  selfishness,  deceit 
and  veneer  will  belong  to  the  vulgarity  of  the  past. 

3115 

Labor  to  some  definite  end ;  thou  mayest  as  well  be 
idle  as  to  run  aimlessly. 

3116 

Confess  your  faults  to  yourself,  that  you  may  learn 
them  by  name  and  dismiss  at  will. 

3117 

Whenever  there  is  friendship  there  is  leniency ;  when 
ever  there  is  jealousy  there  is  distrust. 

3118 

Man  is  a  fragment  of  God.  He  is  not  all  spirit  nor  all 
matter :  he  is  both,  and  it  seemeth  he  must  always  be 
thus  to  express  individuality. 

3119 

Wonderful  are  the  secrets  that  Nature  will  reveal  to 
him  who  pries. 

3120 

Fear  no  man's  influence  over  thee — thou  art  strong  to 
protect  thyself. 

3121 

Reason  is  more  precious  than  gold — yea,  than  fine 
gold — and  more  to  be  cherished. 

3122 

The  littlest  among  men  desires  to  be  himself  rather 
than  another.  Fortune  he  might  exchange,  but  self 
hood  never. 

3123 

The  beauty  of  life  is  perceived  by  the  soul :  the  eye 
seeth  but  the  wrapping. 

3124 
Love  to  live  and  live  to  love,  for  that  is  the  law. 


339 


3125 

Weakness  cries  for  a  savior;  strength  depends  on 
itself. 

3126 

Tie  thyself  to  no  man's  anchor ;  let  out  thine  own 
cable  and  watch  and  wait  for  opportunity. 

3127 

Cherish  hope.  Love  desire.  They  are  helps  that  will 
buoy  thee  when  the  waters  are  deep. 

3128 

God  help  the  insane !  They  inspire  only  pity  and  fear 
in  man. 

3129 

The  relation  of  matter  to  mind  and  mind  to  matter 
is  unknowable.  To  say  that  all  is  mind  is  like  saying 
that  the  seed  is  the  apple. 

3130 

It  is  as  easy  to  quarrel  as  it  is  to  meet,  but  who  sayeth 
it  is  good? Nay,  it  maketh  of  thee  a  very  dragon's 
tooth. 

3131 

The  thought  that  stayeth  most  with  thee  is  shaping 
a  cell  for  itself  in  thy  physical  brain. 

3132 

When  thou  goest  a-fishing  for  ideas  bring  home  only 
thine  own  catch. 

3133 

Thou  must  keep  thyself  above  thy  traducer  if  thou 
wouldst  escape  injury. 

3134 

If  thy  treasures  are  all  of  the  material  kind  exchange 
a  portion  for  the  spiritual  kind,  for  it  is  only  of  the 
latter  that  thou  takest  with  thee  to  adorn  thy  new 
home. 

3135 

If  thou  puttest  God  in  heaven  thou  must  also  in  hell, 
for  is  He  not  in  all  and  through  all  ? 


340 


3136 

gN  idle  knave  may  be  served  by  a  toiling  fool, 
or  an  idle  fool  may  be  served  by  a  toiling  knave, 
but  it  were  better  that  every  man  were  justly 
employed  and  that  idleness,  ignorance  and  knavery 
were  not. 

3137 

Go  into  the  wildness  to  get  that  of  which  the  town 
robs  thee. 

3138 
Spurn  a  lie  that  the  truth  may  be  presented. 

3139 

The  speech  of  a  worthless  fellow  hath  not  breath  to 
live. 

3140 

Find  thy  level  and  begin  thy  work.  This  is  more 
profitable  than  floating  above  thy  capacity  without 
a  foothold. 

3141 

Listen  to  a  fool  if  thou  choose,  but  remain  firm  if  he 
would  persuade  thee  to  become  one. 

3142 

A  man  should  not  change  his  morals  with  his  coat 
unless  he  puts  on  a  better  one  each  time. 

3143 
Until   thou  art  free  from  blemish  be  not  boastful. 

3144 

To  become  serious  is  not  to  become  wise.  A  man's 
manner  conveys  many  a  falsehood. 

3145 

Is  not  the  righteousness  of  a  Jew  as  pleasing  as  the 
righteousness  of  a  Christian?  Who  dare  preach  that 
the  life  is  not  of  more  concern  than  the  religion  ? 

3146 

The  world  is  begging  for  strong  men;  of  vain  men 
and  weaklings  there  are  too  many. 


341 


3147 
Use  candor  with  caution  when  at  a  loss  for  words. 

3148 

Methinks  the  wine  of  life  will  fill  the  cup  of  the 
future  to  overflowing  and  that  men  will  drink  of  it 
great  draughts  that  will  make  them  stronger  to 
search  for  the  truth. 

3149 
Few  love  their  enemies,  but  many  pity  them. 

3150 

Judge  another  as  you  would  judge  yourself  and  the 
judgment  will  be  light. 

3151 

What  hast  thou  done  today  to  win  merited  praise,  or 
even  to  receive  the  approbation  of  thine  own  soul? 

3152 

If  you  keep  your  own  mind  clean  you  will  be  too  busy 
to  look  for  dirt  elsewhere.  This  ancient  thought  must 
be  repeated  countless  times  before  it  becomes  a  truth 
to  the  idler. 

3153 

Folly  laughs  loudest  when  it  is  most  unchecked ;  but 
the  gall  and  wormwood  of  the  morrow  it  can  not 
escape. 

3154 
Nimble  thoughts  may  make  a  quiet  tongue. 

3155 

The  road  to  poverty  is  not  more  beset  with  danger 
than  the  road  to  wealth. 

3156 

Give  me  but  a  sip  of  love  each  day ;  never  a  full  cup, 
lest  I  am  surfeited. 

3157 

Recognize  your  blessings  each  day,  but  never  name 
your  troubles. 

3158 
The  heart  of  selfishness  is  egotism. 


342 


3159 
Suspense  casts  a  shadow  over  the  disk  of  hope. 

3160 

The  willingness  to  die  for  one's  country  can  only  be 
excelled  by  the  desire  to  live  for  it. 

3161 

The  day  will  come  when  the  dishonest  man  will  look 
like  a  wart  on  the  body  politic,  a  disfiguring  and 
unwanted  thing. 

3162 

As  speaks  the  tongue  should  speak  the  heart,  but 
alas !  there  be  many  who  fear  to  let  their  hearts  be 
heard  though  the  tongue  roll  in  honey. 

3163 

The  leaders  of  fashion — what  are  they  but  the  slaves 
who  dance  for  their  master,  the  costumers? 

3164 

Take  not  refuge  in  weakness  ;  if  that  be  thine  infirmity 
conquer  it  or  die  in  the  effort. 

3165 

As  feeble  as  thou  art,  O  man,  thou  art  strong  enough 
to  rise  if  thou  hast  desire,  even  unto  paradise. 

3166 

It  is  difficult  to  love  ourselves  enough  to  keep  from 
doing  wrong. 

3167 

No  man  need  search  for  a  fool  until  he  has  examined 
himself. 

3168 
The  hindrance  to  real  progress  is  greed. 

3169 
The  track  of  destiny  lies  across  every  life. 

3170 
The  greatest  prophet  is  but  a  fallible  man. 


343 


3171 

great  heart  of  Nature  beats  strong,  and  i1 
thou  wouldst  be  strong  keep  as  close  to  her  as 
thou  canst  when  earning  thy  daily  bread;  be 
simple,  be  sincere,  be  honest,  be  faithful,  and  she  will 
love  thee  well  and  keep  thee  longer  on  earth. 

3172 

Our  chief  executive :  a  man  but  not  a  ruler ;  a  guide 
but  not  a  master ;  serving  but  for  a  day  to  step  aside 
that  another  may  be  given  the  honor  to  lead  a  free 
people  onward. 

3173 

When  a  mind  is  centered  on  the  great  and  immovable, 
how  can  it  move  nimbly  with  the  flippant  and  tem 
poral  ? 

3174 

A  benevolent  man  does  not  squander,  neither  does  he 
give  to  impoverish :  he  bestows  to  strengthen  the 
hands  of  the  needy. 

3175 

If  thou  perceivest  a  fault  in  thy  friend's  character  help 
to  conceal  it  until  mended  as  thou  wouldst  a  rent  in 
a  garment. 

3176 

Look  ahead.  The  sunrise  of  tomorrow  is  more  to  thee 
than  the  sunset  of  yesterday. 

3177 

The  way  to  lasting  wealth  is  not  through  avarice  but 
through  generosity. 

3178 
Love  thyself  so  much  that  thou  canst  not  do  wrong. 

3179 

Truth  is  ever  triumphant  whether  or  not  error  admits 
it. 

3180 

Our  Nation !  A  land  of  luxury  where  the  lowest  may 
rise  to  enjoy  the  best  and  be  accorded  the  place  won 
by  energy  and  ability. 


344 


3181 

A  human  life  is  a  patchwork  of  experience  neatly  or 
clumsily  joined  together. 

3182 
The  mainstay  of  society  is  art. 

3183 

Would  that  we  knew  of  God,  that  thou  mightst  tell  me 
and  I  thee  of  Him,  but  we  know  nothing  and  are 
vain  to  pretend.  We  can  only  love  and  trust. 

3184 

If  you  are  anxious  to  serve,  strive  for  first  place,  but 
if  you  desire  to  rule  it  is  unbecoming. 

3185 
The  uproar  of  traffic  disturbs  the  muse. 

3186 
The  light  of  the  world,  the  illumined  mind. 

3187 
An  abundance   of  knowledge   makes   rich   the   man. 

3188 

Sin  is  ignorance,  ignorance  is  limitation ;  therefore  to 
sin  is  to  miss  that  which  our  birthright  bequeaths. 

3189 

Principles  elude  the  careless.  It  is  only  the  careful 
searcher  that  discovers  them. 

3190 

O  imaginary  hero,  thou  canst  vanquish  any  foe  in  thy 
silent  dialogues,  but  art  thou  not  too  frequently 
routed  in  real  life  to  shout  even  in  the  chamber  of 
thought? 

3191 

On  what  can  my  soul  subsist?  Not  on  imperfection 
and  coarseness :  it  must  have  beauty  or  it  droops. 
Give  it  but  a  lily  or  a  rose  and  it  layeth  hold  of  God's 
hand  and  soars. 


345 


3192 

Have  courage  to  think  and  be  assured  that  none  but 
the  selfish  would  prevent  thee. 

3193 

In  as  much  as  we  transgress  the  law  in  so  much  do  we 
enslave  ourselves. 

3194 

Vanity  bids  thee  follow  thy  neighbor  in  his  extrava 
gance  and  display,  but  pride  commands  thee  to  stand 
as  a  rebuke  to  extravagance  and  ostentation. 

3195 

Better  be  slack  in  thy  garb  than  in  thy  morals.  The 
one  may  subject  thee  to  jeers,  but  the  other  will 
bring  thee  to  tears. 

3196 

If  thou  hast  a  counterpart  in  a  star  thou  must  soar 
to  find  it. 

3197 

Truly  there  must  be  many  mansions  for  many  souls. 
They  could  not  all  be  housed  together  and  harmony 
prevail. 

3198 

Thou  shouldst  not  sing  thy  love-song  as  thou  wouldst 
a  war-chant,  nor  speak  thy  wooing  as  thou  wouldst 
declaim  verse.  Thy  tones  must  fit  thy  words  or  thy 
words  will  fail. 

3199 

There  is  no  equality  except  that  of  spiritual  and  intel 
lectual  development. 

3200 

There  is  a  little  corner  of  society  that  longs  only  for 
that  which  is  of  lasting  value.  The  big  center  fights 
for  the  ephemeral  and  is  satisfied  with  clothes  and 
small  things  that  shame  the  soul. 

3201 

Throw  a  protecting  arm  about  me,  Great  Savior  of 
souls,  that  I  turn  in  my  orbit  orderly  and  not  drop 
from  my  place. 


346 


3202 

If  thou  couldst  compare  thyself  with  an  archangel  of 
wisdom  thou  wouldst  never  again  condemn. 

3203 
Never  invite  defeat  by  doubting. 

3204 

There  are  as  many  gods  as  there  are  men,  and  as  no 
two  men  are  alike  there  are  no  gods  alike. 

3205 
Only  great  men  love  principles  more  than  self. 

3206 

The  sweetness  of  life  is  found  most  in  kindness,  one 
to  another. 

3207 

Thy  conscience  is  not  mine  nor  mine  thine.  Consider 
this  and  be  kind. 

3208 

The  bitterest  today  is  that  which  contains  no  hope 
for  the  tomorrow. 

3209 

The  shining  sea  and  the  troublous  brook  are  as  truly 
witnesses  of  the  oversoul  as  he  who  observes. 

3210 

Men  and  women  despise  themselves,  else  they  could 
not  do  despicable  things. 

3211 

If  thou  art  prone  to  bemoan  circumstances  thou 
lackest  time  to  better  them. 

3212 

What  know  vain  and  foolish  men  of  wisdom?  Yet 
we  permit  them  to  rule  us. 

3213 

When  I  fill  my  days  with  earthly  things  they  lack, 
when  I  fill  them  with  spiritual  things  they  lack,  but 
when  I  share  and  share  alike  they  are  full. 


347 


3214 

The  end  of  life  is  but  the  beginning.  The  portal  of 
death  is  the  entrance  to  larger  understanding. 

3215 

Happiness  is  mine  and  it  is  thine,  but  we  must  look 
for  it  or  it  evades  us. 

3216 

God  loves  all  men  alike,  else  He  were  not  just ;  but  all 
men  do  not  love  Him  alike,  hence  the  injustice. 

3217 
Begin  thy  reformation  today  by  casting  out  prejudice. 

3218 

Thou  mayest  convince  of  wrong  with  love  ;  thou  canst 
not  with  hate. 

3219 

Be  thou  a  star  in  thy  community.  Many  stars  light 
the  path  and  fewer  be  lost. 

3220 

Hold  to  thy  faith  in  immortality  however  much  thou 
art  buffeted  by  the  thousand  beliefs  about  thee. 

3221 

Let  go  of  today  when  tomorrow  comes,  whether  it  be 
joy  or  weeping. 

3222 

Not  duty  before  pleasure,  but  duty  with  pleasure,  will 
make  thy  life  of  benefit  to  thee. 

3223 

They  who  jog  along  on  the  beaten  track  have  an 
easier  time  than  they  who  beat  the  bush  for  truth, 
but  the  latter  know  more  of  the  country  through 
which  they  are  going. 

3224 

To  have  a  clear  mind  keep  a  clear  conscience. 

3225 
A  vision  of  truth  is  a  vision  of  love. 


348 


3226 

Living  is  dying  and  dying  is  living  :  it  is  law  and  order. 

3227 

Life  runs  faster  than  most  men  can  follow  and  run 
straight. 

3228 

If  love  rules  thy  life  thou  hast  nothing  to  fear,  but 
lust  is  the  dragon  that  slays. 

3229 

If  you  have  a  hobby  do  not  ride  it  to  the  injury  of 
others. 

3230 

In  proportion  as  pride  increases  do  vanity  and  petti 
ness  decrease. 

3231 

Make  peace  with  thyself  and  thou  art  at  peace  with 
all. 

3232 

Science  is  continually  lowering  the  walls  of  super 
stition  and  will  eventually  raze  them  to  the  ground. 

3233 

A  nest  of  vipers  in  thy  bosom  is  anger,  malice  and 
hatred,  and  they  will  sting  thee  to  death  if  warmed 
therein. 

3234 

The  imagination  places  God  in  a  great  light,  the 
adversary  in  darkness. 

3235 
Purity  sweetens  life. 

3236 

If  thou  wouldst  save  thyself  from  degradation,  turn 
from  lust. 

3237 

A  king  is  a  man,  a  queen  is  a  woman,  raised  not  by 
God  above  other  men  and  women  by  talent,  choice 
or  fitness. 

3238 

Tempt  no  man  to  fall,  for  that  is  thy  shame. 


349 


3239 

XF  thou  thinkest  that  happiness  will  come  from 
external    things,  shut    thyself    with    offensive 
companionship    in    a    palace    which    art    has 
perfectly  adorned,  and  thou  wilt  declare  that  it  is  the 
spirit  that  must  be  satisfied  rather  than  the  eye. 

3240 

Worship  not  gold  nor  despise  it :  work  for  it  and  use 
it  with  wisdom. 

3241 

As  glides  the  brook  through  the  meadow,  so  glides 
thought  through  a  tranquil  mind.  As  rushes  a  cataract 
through  the  gorge,  rushes  confusion  through  a  dis 
turbed  mind. 

3242 

It  would  seem  that  God  is  the  kernel  and  man  the 
husk. 

3243 

Music,  voice  or  string,  can  ease  thy  suffering  when 
thou  findest  the  key. 

3244 

If  the  age  of  man  be  five  times  his  growing  time, 
behold  the  threescore  and  ten  years  is  not  middle  age. 

3245 
If  any  one  smile  at  thee  nothing  is  gained  by  frowning. 

3246 

Lean  on  thyself  and  if  thou  fall  thou  canst  not  blame 
another. 

3247 
Some    individuals    thunder    loud,  but   never    strike. 

3248 

A  man  can  find  evil  in  the  last  place  he  is  inclined  to 
look  for  it.  Sin  lurketh  in  every  heart. 

3249 

Cover  thyself  with  glory — that  is  a  brilliant  robe — but 
seek  it  at  the  citadel  of  peace  and  not  on  bloody  fields. 


350 


3250 

Why  rush  through  life  ?  If  you  walk  you  will  reach  the 
end  too  soon  to  accomplish  your  work. 

3251 
Just  a  little  ahead  of  mercy  dwells  justice. 

3252 

Turn  a  plant  always  with  the  same  side  to  the  window 
and  observe  the  result  and  apply  the  lesson  to  thy 
self. 

3253 

Is  immortal  youth  possible  ?  Yea,  as  the  flesh  waxeth 
old,  the  spirit  will  reclothe  itself  in  a  more  beautiful 
garment. 

3254 

Lamentable  as  it  may  appear  to  the  theologian  to 
have  evolution  sweep  away  his  dogmas,  let  him  be 
comforted — it  relieves  him  of  much  quibbling. 

3255 

A  man  is  not  quick  to  grasp  the  truth  when  weighted 
with  traditions. 

3256 
Evil,  thy  name  is  imperfection. 

3257 
Pardon  an  insult,  but  keep  the  lesson. 

3258 

Noble  aspirations  check  ignoble  desires  and  finally 
the  soul  outgrows  them. 

3259 

A  single  thought  of  wrong  is  a  scratch  on  the  delicate 
surface  of  thy  soul. 

3260 
Quick  is  adversity  to  point  false  friends. 

3261 

Hasten  the  day,  O  God,  when  all  men  shall  be  pos 
sessed  of  reason. 


351 


3262 

Education  is  a  mental  candle,  but  one  candle  will  not 
illumine  all  of  the  mind's  chambers. 

3263 

Thought  fills  the  very  universe :  the  under  worlds 
and  the  upper  worlds  are  bathed  in  it.  If  a  man  catch 
the  thought  of  the  upper  worlds  it  is  well  with  him. 

3264 

Gossiping  about  yourself  and  others  is  the  highway 
that  common  minds  travel. 

3265 

Humanity  knows  nothing  of  Deity; yet  it  pretends 
and  quarrels  about  its  countless  conceptions. 

3266 

That  which  is  within  easy  reach  does  not  gratify  the 
ambitious. 

3267 

Ofttimes  when  God  is  ready  man  is  not  and  so  puts 
from  himself  a  profound  truth  that  would  serve  to 
carry  him  up  a  steep  mountain  of  trouble. 


352 


BOOK  THIRTEEN 


3268 

MAN  can  not  conceive  of  God, 
and  why  should  he  try?  He  can 
only  draw  a  colossal  man-image 
and  wonder  that  his  caricature 
is  not  recognized  by  a  brother 
whose  understanding  and  venera 
tion  reach  a  higher  plane.  Per 
chance  he  may  pray  that  his 
brother  may  be  made  to  see  through 
his  little  eye.  Oh,  the  vanity  of  weak  minds  ! 

3269 

Let  facts  be  simply  told  if  at  all  and  refrain  from 
adorning  thyself  with  them. 

3270 

Be  both  merry  and  wise.  Wisdom  does  not  preclude 
mirth. 

3271 

The  lust  of  gain  and  the  love  of  man  are  forever 
separated. 

3272 

Boldly,  as  with  an  army  behind  thee,  stand  against 
the  invasion  of  thy  morality. 

3273 
The  extreme  of  caution  develops  fear. 

3274 

Consider  the  beautiful  and  the  true,  to  banish  the 
ugly  and  the  false. 

3275 
Rehearse  virtues  and  faults  will  subside. 

3276 

Ye  men  and  women  of  earth,  if  ye  knew  ye  were 
building  yourselves  by  your  thoughts,  would  ye  not 
change  some  of  them  ? 

3277 
Sin  lieth  as  much  in  too  much   faith  as  too  little. 


355 


3278 

It  is  not  more  dangerous  to  hover  on  the  brink  of 
adversity  than  to  scale  the  wall  of  prosperity.  Either 
state  requires  caution. 

3279 

Ten  thousand  men  learn  their  lessons  in  ten  thou 
sand  ways  and  in  ten  thousand  varying  lengths  of 
time. 

3280 

Season  thy  speech  with  love  even  when  thou  utterest 
the  sternest  rebuke. 

3281 

Sarcasm  is  a  sharp  weapon,  and  he  who  uses  it  is  most 
hurt. 

3282 

Ever  hold  a  vision  before  thine  eyes  of  better  things 
to  come :  a  cleaner  heart,  a  brighter  mind,  a  purer 
soul,  and  such  temporal  blessings  that  will  make  thy 
life  an  aid  and  not  a  hindrance  to  mankind. 

3283 
Fondle  your  faults  and  they  will  master  you. 

3284 

If  our  hands  were  always  filled  with  flowers  we  would 
cease  to  love  them. 

3285 

If  thou  wilfully  break  thy  promises  thou  art  blacken 
ing  thy  character  as  none  other  can. 

3286 

The  repose  of  an  aroused  consciousness  differs  much 
from  the  repose  of  a  slumbering  consciousness.  One 
is  thinking,  the  other  is  dreaming. 

3287 

Be  kind  to  every  living  creature.  This  is  cultivating 
love  and  compassion  and  will  heal  thee  of  many 
infirmities. 

3288 

Lack  of  love  is  a  lack  of  God. 


356 


3289 

The  saints  of  earth  are  often  the  most  persecuted,  and 
the  pioneers  of  more  exalted  thought  the  most  mis 
understood. 

3290 
A  calm  mind  is  a  good  health  signal. 

3291 

Hold  thyself  against  pessimism.  Optimism  is  the] 
blossom,  pessimism  the  dead  leaves  of  daily  life/ 

3292 
Filter  thy  thoughts  before  putting  them  into  words. 

3293 

Oh,  for  a  deep  purse  to  do  a  great  work,  says  unselfish 
ness.  Oh,  for  a  deep  purse  for  my  gratification,  says 
selfishness. 

3294 
The  comfort  of  age  is  intellect. 

3295 

Belittle  not  the  prattling  babes  of  fashion ;  they  are 
too  small  already,  inasmuch  as  they  are  pleased  with 
their  existence. 

3296 

Not  in  the  annals  of  history  has  it  been  possible  for  a 
man  to  avoid  responsibilities  and  be  remembered. 

3297 
A  foretaste  of  heaven  is  right  thinking. 

3298 
Write  thine  own  bible  and  then  compare  it  with  others. 

3299 
Money  is  the  solace  of  only  the  foolish. 

3300 
Labor  for  the  truth  —  it  will  elate  thee. 

3301 
No  truth  becomes  yours  until  you  can  assimilate  it. 


357 


3302 

nET  thy  soul  express  itself,  O  man  and  O  woman  ! 
Let  it  sing  a  glad  song  in  the  day,  and  let  it 
chant  by  night!  With  pen  and  with  brush  let 
thy  hand  express  thy  visions  and  thy  mouth  utter 
thy  intuitions  !  Rejoice  and  work  !  Work  and  rejoice ! 

3303 

The  news  of  today  is  history;  tomorrow,  therefore, 
man's  duty  to  the  future  man  is  grave. 

3304 
Great  writers  are  longer  loved  than  great  fighters. 

3305 

The  law  of  life  is  love,  but  the  transgressors  are  count 
less. 

3306 

A  statesman  without  honesty  of  hand  and  purpose 
is  a  national  assassin. 

3307 

Beauty  lieth  everywhere,  but  if  one  does  not  per 
ceive  it,  one  may  deny  it,  and  so  deceive. 

3308 

The  suicide  tampers  with  God's  plan  and  therefore 
meets  suffering. 

3309 

Thou  mayest  purchase  fine  raiment  for  thy  body, 
but  thy  naked  soul  thou  must  clothe  by  thine  own 
labor. 

3310 
Sweeten  life  with  compassion. 

3311 

Give  us  strength  as  of  a  mighty  wall  to  stand  against 
corruption  in  high  places,  and  let  every  honest  voice 
be  raised  in  protest  against  pilfering  from  State  moneys. 

3312 

If  I  am  to  live  alway,  my  daily  prayer  is  for  more 
light;  with  more  light  I  need  not  so  much  help. 


358 


3313 

A  ferocious  temper  indicates  a  weak  will,  for  when  the 
will  is  strong  the  temper  is  smooth. 

3314 

Thou  canst  not  lift  thy  voice  against  any  vice  suc 
cessfully  unless  thou  art  free  from  it. 

3315 

Get  into  the  harness  today  and  work :  idleness  is  the 
foe  of  the  republic. 

3316 

Give  with  a  clean  mind  and  a  clean  hand — then  thy 
gift  is  not  spoiled  with  a  thought  of  gain. 

3317 

Hear  thou  my  prayer  and  in  kindness  grant  me  truth, 
which  is  that  for  which  I  pray. 

3318 

God  hath  writ  thy  life  with  a  clear  hand  across  the 
starry  firmament. 

3319 

They  that  strut  are  not  exalted  :  't  is  but  their  way  of 
deceiving. 

3320 

A  princely  beggar  and  a  beggarly  prince  is  the  exoteric 
church. 

3321 

No  one  knows  better  than  the  hermit  the  value  of 
good  company. 

3322 
Full  deliverance  from  toil  might  make  us  indolent. 

3323 

Men  travel  far  and  wide  to  find  the  secret  of  happi 
ness,  but  never  return  with  it. 

3324 

The  wicked  prate  more  about  injustice  than  the 
righteous ;  the  slothful  more  about  hard  times  than 
the  provident. 


359 


3325 

Those  who  duel  are  not  admirable  from  any  stand 
point. 

3326 

To  become  great  one  must  first  be  willing  to  become 
small. 

3327 

When  one  is  with  the  intelligent,  argument  is  not 
valueless ;  but  when  with  the  ignorant  it  is. 

3328 

To  love  flowers  is  not  always  to  possess  them.  Alas ! 
the  true  lover's  hand  may  be  denied  a  clasp  of  their 
beautiful  forms  and  his  eyes  behold  them  only  through 
the  florist's  window. 

3329 

Where  one  is  merciful  many  are  not,  therefore  misery 
abounds. 

3330 

When  society  becomes  sufficiently  intelligent  it  will 
become  respectable. 

3331 

As  rises  the  lark  on  a  dewy  morn,  so  does  my  spirit 
rise  and  sing. 

3332 

In  imagination  fly  with  me  to  the  spheres  where  lust 
is  not  and  love  is. 

3333 

If  people  were  immersed  in  pure  love,  crime  would 
hide  in  shame,  but  while  it  laves  in  lust  there  is  not 
hope. 

3334 

In  the  great  day  of  thyself  God  will  give  thee  a  plainer 
view  of  thyself  than  of  Himself. 

3335 

If  God  were  a  person  He  were  not  kind  to  permit  so 
much  misery ;  but  if  He  is  the  spirit  of  growth  the 
mortal  mind  can  reason  with  clearness  concerning 
many  things. 


360 


3336 

<s"Tr"'N  the  watches  of  the  night  and  in  the  midday 
no  man  is  alone — not  one.  The  eye  of  the  Spirit 
^  is  upon  him  ever.  Yea,  a  thousand  spirit  eyes 
may  witness  his  good  and  evil  deeds  and  see  them 
recorded  on  his  soul. 

3337 
Folklore  moves  the  world  even  unto  this  day. 

3338 

Girt  thee  about  with  moral  cleanliness,  for  thou  art 
at  no  time  hid. 

3339 

Bestow  a  kind  thought  on  every  living  creature  if 
thou  wouldst  possess  thy  soul  whole. 

3340 

The  moment  a  soul  feels  the  need  of  truth  it  will  cast 
about  for  it. 

3341 

The  equator  is  not  nearer  the  center  of  the  earth  than 
God  is  near  man. 

3342 

When  meeting  a  stranger  heed  what  thy  soul  tells 
thee  of  him. 

3343 

Past  ages  are  lost  to  us :  we  see  not  back  of  our  birth 
except  through  history. 

3344 

The  sunset  and  the  sunrise  are  beautiful  phenomena, 
one  suggesting  activity  and  the  other  repose. 

3345 

The  business  of  life  is  growing  a  soul,  not  for  selfish 
ness  but  for  righteousness. 

3346 

The  sighs  and  regrets  that  rise  from  the  suicide's  grave 
are  like  unto  the  tolling  of  many  bells,  making  their 
coveted  sleep  a  long  and  wakeful  day  of  clanging 
discords. 


361 


3347 

HE  sun  myths  will  always  abide  with  us,  because 
they  contain  so  much  of  truth.  Hence  Christmas 
will  ever  be  a  day  of  rejoicing  and  giving,  even 
as  it  was  under  another  name  with  the  peoples  of 
most  ancient  nations. 

3348 

The  temperate  man  may  be  the  weak  man.  'T  is  he 
of  strong  desires  and  controlling  will  that  is  the  strong 
man. 

3349 

Society  is  an  odd  brew — the  substance  lying  between 
the  froth  and  the  dregs. 

3350 
Popularity  won  with  gold  is  scarce  beyond  contempt. 

3351 

With  love  pursue  your  work  and  it  will  not  pursue 
you. 

3352 

To  be  tied  to  a  bad  habit  is  like  having  one's  boat 
tied  to  a  stake.  Even  with  all  sails  set,  there  is  no 
progress. 

3353 

The  sea  is  a  great  mother :  she  has  cradled  souls  since 
the  beginning  of  man. 

3354 

Extreme  virtue,  like  extreme  vice,  is  hard  of  texture. 

3355 

The  breathings  of  anger  carry  the  poison  of  disease 
around  and  about. 

3356 

Be  up  and  about  thy  work  ;  be  up  and  about  thy  play  : 
lag  not  and  thou  wilt  enjoy  both. 

3357 

Your  attitude  toward  the  brute  creation  is  your 
attitude  toward  God ;  because  if  you  have  not  a  care 
for  His  creatures,  you  have  not  true  love  for  Him. 


362 


3358 

we  look  at  the  lily  and  the  rose  and  the 
fair  bloom  it  is  not  alone  the  sense  of  sight  and 
smell  that  is  gratified ;  it  is  the  spirit  of  the 
flower  that  addresses  our  spirit,  making  us  lift  our 
thoughts  to  the  source  which  feedeth  them  and  us 
with  life. 

3359 

If  gloom  envelop  thee  thou  art  in  the  fog  of  wrong 
thinking  and  in  danger  of  rocks  and  shoals. 

3360 

The  truly  good  individual  must  be  active.  Inertia  is 
not  goodness. 

3361 

Say  to  no  man  that  he  is  a  fool  because  thou  thinkest 
he  is  exercising  a  lesser  degree  of  wisdom  than  thyself. 

3362 
The  lessons  of  the  day  are  many,  but  we  neglect  them. 

3363 
Fashion  puts  a  yoke  on  every  neck  that  bends  to  it. 

3364 

Life  would  be  beautiful  were  it  not  ornamented  with 
the  non-essentials  that  make  it  tawdry. 

3365 
In  trying  to  kill  time  man  kills  himself. 

3366 

If  a  man  love  to  be  good  it  is  not  so  much  to  his 
credit  as  his  pleasure  that  he  is. 

3367 

The  tree  and  the  leaf,  the  bud  and   the   bloom — all 
these  in  their  unfoldment  are  helping  God. 

3368 

The  beauty  of  earth  life  is  but  a  dim  reflection  of  the 
surrounding  spirit  realm. 


363 


3369 

ASKED  a  flower  one  Summer  morn, 
Just  after  it  was  newly  born, 
Why  it  had  sprung  up  from  the  soil 

Into  a  world  of  death  and  toil. 

"  Why  don't  you  know,  O  tearful  one, 

That  I  adore  the  blessed  sun? 

And  every  kiss  he  gives  to  me 

Do  I  return  that  I  may  be." 

3370 
If  you  dally  with  a  knave,  yourself  you  may  enslave. 

3371 

Man  stands  as  it  were  in  the  center  of  his  own  cir 
cumference  :  the  greater  the  man,  the  larger  the  cir 
cumference. 

3372 

Failure  to  gather  gold  is  not  a  sin ;  failure  to  gather 
wisdom  is. 

3373 

God  hath  a  work  for  every  soul  upon  earth.  If  it  is 
neglected  now  it  must  be  done  later  with  less  favor 
able  conditions. 

3374 

Do  not  attempt  to  make  of  idiots,  Christians,  Moham 
medans  or  Rationalists ;  be  content  to  set  them  an 
example  of  righteous  living  and  be  kind. 

3375 

There  be  many  whose  lives  appear  like  the  dwarfed 
and  twisted  shrubs  of  Japan. 

3376 

Each  church  is  fenced  around  and  about  with  a  creed 
which  only  serves  to  shut  out  the  light  and  the  people. 

3377 

Waft  unto  me  clean  thoughts,  O  winds  of  heaven,  and 
blow  from  me  those  tainted  with  selfishness  and  unfair 
ways. 


364 


3378 

seems  passing  strange  that  we  of  this  time 
shall  at  some  distant  day  be  called  an  ancient 
people.  We  shall  be  pitied,  laughed  at  and 
copied,  but  God  forbid  that  our  vices  live  longer 
than  our  virtues. 

3379 

Lamblike  submission  to  environment  was  once  a 
sign  of  piety,  but  progress  calls  it  lack  of  energy. 

3380 

Seek  the  shelter  of  kinship  when  the  world  doubts 
thee :  there  must  be  one  who  will  strengthen  thy 
courage  and  say  to  thee,  "Despair  not." 

3381 

Vocation  has  much  to  do  in  shaping  character  and 
repressing  naturalness. 

3382 

Pray  that  the  hand  of  justice  may  not  write  against 
thee. 

3383 

Poverty  when  newly  encountered  hath  a  rougher  edge 
for  the  virtuous  than  for  the  vicious. 

3384 
In  order  to  be  good  a  man  may  not  have  been  bad. 

3385 

Pile  not  your  woes  upon  another,  even  when  requested 
and  advised  to  do  so.  Stand  erect  and  they  will 
gradually  fall  off. 

3386 
Fear  is  the  basest  robber  of  mankind. 

3387 

Is  the  spectacle  of  a  drunkard  a  hindrance  to  intem 
perance,  or  is  the  example  a  hindrance  to  temperance? 
The  answer  depends  much  on  the  standing  of  the  man. 

3388 
Faith  is  a  strengthener  of  patience. 


365 


3389 

Every  child  should  be  taught  that  his  name  is  a 
precious  possession  to  guard ;  that  he  must  carry  it 
ever  on  a  banner  so  high  that  all  the  world  may  see 
that  it  is  not  tarnished. 

3390 

Somewhere  in  the  world  there  is  sympathy  and  love 
for  thee,  though  the  spoken  words  may  not  reach  thee 
in  thy  needful  hour. 

3391 

A  headless  specter  is  less  to  be  feared  than  a  headless 
toiler. 

3392 
All  that  seemeth  harsh  is  at  last  swallowed  up  in  love. 

3393 

Thou  who  toucheth  mine  eyelids  with  sleep  have  a 
care  for  my  soul  on  its  nightly  journey. 

3394 

Foremost  amongst  men  is  not  he  who  boasts  his 
righteousness,  but  he  who  doubts  it. 

3395 
The  highest  point  in  life  is  the  highest  consciousness. 


366 


BOOK  FOURTEEN 


3396 

[HE  soul  is  like  a  mirror ;  upon  it 
is  reflected  every  act  of  the  body, 
whether  it  be  good  or  evil,  wise 
or  foolish.  These  reflections  make 
up  the  book  of  life,  and  we  have 
reason  to  think  the  exhibit  may 
cause  us  shame  and  confusion 
when  the  leaves  are  turned  in  the 

great   day   of  our  demise   to   ascertain   our   rightful 

place  in  the  abode  of  souls. 

3397 

Feed  the  hungry,  even  if  they  be  ungrateful  not  in 
numbers  but  singly.  Turn  no  opportunity  from  thee 
to  be  of  service,  for  that  is  a  measure  of  good  that  is 
intended  for  thee. 

3398 

Thy  language,  O  flower,  is  thy  fragrance ;  thy  color  is 
thy  song. 

3399 

The  seedtime  is  now  and  so  is  the  harvest:  sowing 
and  reaping  is  daily  work. 

3400 

Oh,  the  misery  of  the  criminal,  for  whether  he  knows 
it  or  not  he  has  missed  happiness. 

3401 

The  road  to  freedom  is  upward  and  the  way  to  slavery 
downward.  When  this  thought  is  filed  in  the  mind 
men  will  begin  their  own  reformation. 

3402 

We  prize  the  beauty  of  the  rose  today  because  it 
fades  tomorrow. 

3403 
The  haste  with  which  we  judge  makes  us  fallible. 

3404 
The  finding  of  riches  is  the  finding  of  thyself. 


369 


3405 

XT  were  said  of  a  scholar  that  he  knew  so  much 
that  his  brain  was  too  hard  pressed  to  be  useful, 
and  it  sometimes  happens  that  such  men  can 
not  turn  around  without  spilling  an  idea  that  the 
empty  head  appropriates  and  applies  without  grati 
tude,  acknowledgment  or  apology. 

3406 

Let  thy  daily  prayer  be  peace,  and  with  peace  will 
come  harmony  and  with  harmony  health. 

3407 

A  nimrod  is  an  anomaly.  'T  is  woman's  place  to 
nourish  and  not  to  slay. 

3408 

Love  will  bring  to  thee  both  joy  and  sorrow,  but  it  is 
divine  and  at  last  will  overcome  sorrow  and  leave  thee 
only  joy. 

3409 

A  rhapsody — when  the  mind  and  the  heart  are  in 
harmony  with  the  rhythmic  universe. 

3410 

How  tender  the  love  of  God !  He  knoweth  the  tiniest 
need  and  bends  to  it ;  He  heedeth  the  cry  of  the  atom 
and  succoreth  it. 

3411 

To  dwell  too  much  on  the  cost  of  things  is  not  to 
enjoy  them. 

3412 

He  that  resorteth  to  unfair  means,  that  falleth  into 
a  rage,  that  sayeth  falsely,  measureth  himself  publicly. 

3413 

If  thou  fearest  either  man  or  beast,  thou  makest  them 
to  hate  thee. 

3414 

What  a  mean  little  thing  is  a  lie,  but  like  the  gnat  it 
can  sting.  Yea,  a  lie  is  the  gnat  that  stings  the  very 
soul. 


370 


3415 

If  Summer  hath  its  lovers,  so  hath  Winter.  Love  is 
never  absent. 

3416 

Economy  is  wise  use  of  that  which  thou  hast;  it  is 
not  penuriousness. 

3417 

When  Cupid  is  controlled  by  commercialism  he  will 
not  long  attend. 

3418  ' 

Ten  thousand  fools  can  not  equal  one  wise  man,  but 
alas,  when  will  the  fools  learn  this  and  become  wise ! 

3419 

Heed  not  man's  prattle,  but  give  ear  when  he  speaketh 
truth. 

3420 
If  thou  wouldst  be  well  think  well. 

3421 

War  is  in  defiance  of  higher  law,  and  the  spectacle 
makes  a  vale  of  tears. 

3422 
Be  not  swayed  by  impulse  :  wait  till  thy  reason  speaks. 

3423 

As  the  sweat  of  the  slave  has  dripped  in  the  cane- 
brakes,  so  in  degree  to  their  intelligence  do  all  men 
suffer  who  toil  only  with  their  hands.  It  is  the  mind 
alone  that  elevates. 

3424 
To  touch  sin  but  lightly  scars  thy  memory. 

3425 

An  evil  deed  can  be  hid  from  the  physical  eye,  but 
not  from  the  spiritual  eye.  Yea,  that  seeth  clearer 
and  never  closes. 

3426 

There  is  poetry  in  every  heart,  though  rhymes  may 
never  be. 


371 


3427 

public  does  not  think  or  care  so  much  about 
a  man's  antecedents  as  about   him.   Knowing 
this  it  were  wiser  to  look  to  himself  for  his 
glory  than  to  hang  onto  the  coat-tail  of  his  grandfather. 

3428 
The  universe  is  quivering  thought. 

3429 
Abundant  faith  increases  happiness. 

3430 

If  the  primitive  man  were  to  meet  the  modern  what 
could  he  claim? 

3431 
The  best  end  of  a  bargain  is  the  honest  end. 

3432 

The  heat  of  battle  is  the  cold  of  death. 

3433 

There  be  many  whose  whole  lives  are  a-hunger  for 
instruction  and  yet  they  are  denied  time  to  appease  it. 

3434 

Listen !  If  thou  art  silent  thou  canst  hear  the  Lord  in 
the  garden  of  thy  soul.  Breathe  not  and  He  will  speak. 

3435 
The   majesty   of  divine   law   inspires   me    to   obey. 

3436 

Love  is  God. 

3437 
Wait  patiently  for  good  and  expect  it. 

3438 
The  universe  is  man's  home. 

3439 

Be  not  submerged  by  floating  opinions ;  keep  thy 
individuality.  It  is  God's  gift  to  thee  and  not  to  be 
lost. 


372 


3440 

God  is  speaking,  says  observation  ;  God  hath  spoken, 
says  theology. 

3441 
What  art  thou  seeking,  O  man,  in  the  sewers  of  life  ? 

3442 

Keep  a  mental  scout  out  that  not  a  harmful  thought 
enter  thy  domain. 

3443 
Illiterate  men  may  be  soul  wise. 

3444 

That  which  springeth  up  by  the  wayside  we  do  not 
admire  and  pass  it  by.  It  is  our  ideal  that  we  most 
love. 

3445 
At  the  end  poverty  is  as  kind  as  wealth. 

3446 

Wisdom  is  for  thee  if  thou  dost  seek  diligently ;  but 
it  cometh  not  without  persistent  invitation. 

3447 
Though  nations  perish  I  am. 

3448 

The  love-songs  of  the  spheres  are  sweet  to  the  attuned 
ear. 

3449 
My  strength  increaseth  with  knowledge. 

3450 

There  lieth  at  the  bottom  of  all  living  trouble  a 
foundation  of  selfishness. 

3451 
Compassion  weeps  whilst  cruelty  laughs. 

3452 
Man  is  folded  in  the  wings  of  Divine  love. 

3453 
The  measure  of  a  man  is  himself. 


373 


3454 

That  which  proceedeth  from  thy  soul  is  divine  and 
should  be  reverenced. 

3455 

The  theater  of  life  is  one's  own  consciousness :  there 
all  the  comedy  and  tragedy  is  played  to  the  /  am  who 
applauds  merit  and  deplores  failures. 

3456 

Work  and  health  are  inseparable ;  this  should  be 
repeated  until  the  world  believes  it. 

3457 

Love  never  fades  nor  dies — it  is  divine — its  counterfeit 
may — that  is  human. 

3458 

A  man  may  walk  in  the  church  all  the  days  of  his  life 
and  be  far  from  God,  and  a  man  may  walk  with  God 
all  the  days  of  his  life  and  be  far  from  the  church. 

3459 

The  universe  sings  with  a  sweet  voice,  Life  is  love 
and  love  is  life. 

3460 

If  occasion  require  thee  to  express  an  opinion,  do  not 
proclaim  it  truth. 

3461 

The  span  of  time  from  youth  to  age  is  not  a  second  of 
the  eternity  man  has  entered. 

3462 

The  problems  that  confront  us  are  sky-high,  therefore 
we  must  look  upward  if  we  would  compass  them. 

3463 

The  homing  instinct  is  so  strong  in  man  that  it 
makes  nations  and  saves  them. 

3464 

Out  of  the  remnants  of  the  past  do  we  try  to  piece  a 
modern  garment,  but  the  seams  and  the  rents  will 
show. 


374 


3465 

If  I  shall  see  God  in  my  flesh  I  must  have  perfect 
health. 

3466 
The  flower  speaks  its  love  through  its  fragrance. 

3467 
When  we  image  beauty  we  shall  have  less  ugliness. 

3468 
Bungling  thought  brings  doubts  and  fears. 

3469 
Man's  destiny  is  Godward. 

3470 

Every  man  is  a  miniature  world  revolving  on  its  own 
axis. 

3471 

Thou  canst  not  kindle  love  with  a  frown  nor  warm 
the  heart  with  a  cold  word. 

3472 

The  sweet  breath  of  the  violet  telleth  me  of  its 
divinity. 

3473 

He  that  aspires  must  rise.  He  that  aspires  not  must 
fall. 

3474 

The  sincerity  and  purity  of  your  soul  establish  your 
place  in  life. 

3475 
Annihilate  hate  with  love. 

3476 

The  literature  of  your  own  time  is  more  needful  to 
thee  than  the  literature  of  a  past  age.  If  thou  canst 
have  but  one,  take  the  present  and  forego  that  of 
past  generations. 

3477 

If  thou  hast  not  enough  love  for  all  of  God's  creatures 
thou  art  lacking. 


375 


3478 
If  thy  soul  shine   thou  hast  light  to  see  thy  way. 

3479 
Jealousy  confines  its  attacks  to  superiority. 

3480 
He  that  breaketh  a  law  but  mars  his  life. 

3481 
No  thought  is  profane  that  makes  for  truth. 

3482 

The  thing  that  best  pleases  thee,  occasionally  do 
without.  It  is  discipline  that  overcomes  disappoint 
ment  and  trains  the  will,  and  the  having  or  not  having 
will  be  non-essential. 

3483 

Lay  not  so  much  stress  on  your  nearness  to  God  as 
on  your  kinship. 

3484 
Behind  the  shadows  of  life  stands  radiant  love. 

3485 

All  men  are  immersed  in  God's  fountain  of  life  to  be 
cleansed. 

3486 

If  we  would  image  heaven  instead  of  hell  we  would 
escape  the  latter. 

3487 

Freedom  is  the  right  to  think  and  the  right  to  express 
thought. 

3488 

I  am  traveling  toward  God  with  joy  and  thanks 
giving. 

3489 

Tenderness  is  a  hero's  prompter. 

3490 

To  be  secretive  is  not  always  wiser  than  to  be  com 
municative. 


376 


3491 

OO  not  try  to  live  your  friend's  life  :  live  your  own, 
however  much  you  be  persuaded  to  ape  another, 
and   free  it   from  evil   in  your  own  way  and 
according  to  the  light  that  shines  within  your  own 
soul.  This  gives  you  strength  and  your  light  increase th. 

3492 

New  glimpses  of  truth  are  every  whit  as  precious  as 
ancient  visions,  and  yet  moderns  are  too  prone  to 
venerate  the  old  and  repudiate  the  new. 

3493 

The  force  of  a  word  is  not  so  much  in  itself  as  in  the 
speaker,  and  every  utterer  of  the  same  carryeth  a 
difference  of  meaning. 

3494 

Let  me  but  gain  one  clean,  clear  thought  a  day  and  I 
must  grow  rich. 

3495 

Nothing  keeps  me  from  holiness  but  ignorance, 
whether  I  be  Pagan  or  Christian. 

3496 

Strange  it  is  that  men  look  for  God  ahead  of  them  and 
behind  them  and  seldom  beside  them. 

3497 

If  thou  livest  truly,  thou  livest  ideally.  If  thou  livest 
falsely,  thou  livest  meanly.  Thy  soul  knoweth  that 
this  is  true. 

3498 

A  fair  and  promising  day  may  end  in  a  night  of  woe. 
Therefore  boast  not  and  be  kind. 

3499 

Small  lids  will  not  cover  large  caldrons.  Remember 
this,  O  ye  priests,  when  the  truth  begins  to  bubble. 

3500 
The  fool's  experience  is  the  wise  man's  lesson. 


377 


3501 

God's  only  crown  is  Love,  and  so  crowns  He  all  men 
if  they  will. 

3502 

Give  me  truth  if  it  banish  every  creed  that  is  or  ever 
has  been. 

3503 

Manifold  blessings  follow  the  just  and  the  unjust. 
God  loveth  all  men,  but  if  man  loveth  not  so  much 
himself  as  to  be  worthy  his  blessings  they  are  as  a 
curse  to  him. 

3504 
Simplicity  carries  the  key  of  true  art. 

3505 

That  no  evil  thought  enter,  write  over  the  door  of 
thy  heart,  "  Be  thou  pure." 

3506 
A  big  head  may  be  an  empty  one. 

3507 
Experience  is  of  no  value  if  forgotten. 

3508 

If  God  be  love  preach  no  longer  hell. 

3509 

When  one  smites  thy  heart-strings  with  discord  turn 
away. 

3510 
Keen  humor  is  the  whetstone  of  clever  debate. 

3511 

The  more  said  about  freedom  the  better  will  men 
understand  that  it  is  not  solely  the  following  of 
personal  inclination  but  the  study  of  the  collective 
good. 

3512 

Great  minds  love  simplicity  as  much  as  small  minds 
love  ado. 


378 


3513 
Shout  your  diseases,  if  you  must,  but  not  in  company. 

3514 

Though  men  are  quickest  moved  to  anger  by  trifles, 
so  are  they  moved  to  tears. 

3515 

Youth  rushes  not  to  destruction  with  more  alacrity 
than  maturity. 

3516 

We  shall  have  peace  when  we  have  universal  under 
standing. 

3517 

It  is  easy  to  die,  because  we  know  not  how  to  live ; 
but  by  living  is  not  meant  breathing. 

3518 

Unbidden  thoughts  like  wild  flowers  leap  from  the 
soil  without  our  help. 

3519 

If  thou  hast  occupied  the  guest-chamber,  go  not  forth 
with  a  flapping  tongue  to  greet  the  curious. 

3520 

The  musician  is  a  painter,  and  to  the  mind  is  revealed 
the  tone  picture. 

3521 

Refinement  is  a  jewel  worn  by  the  rich  and  the  poor, 
the  high  and  the  low,  the  lettered  and  the  unlettered, 
and  yet  it  is  not  so  common  as  to  be  undervalued. 

3522 
Look   not  upon   evil   things   with   an   evil   thought. 

3523 

The  sweetness  of  life  depends  as  much  upon  the  view 
point  as  upon  environment. 

3524 

No  man  loves  misery,  and  yet  he  ofttimes  seeks  it 
eagerly. 


379 


3525 

Little  heed  should  be  given  a  falsehood  and  it  will 
vanish,  but  with  notice  it  will  persecute  thee  by  day 
and  affright  thee  by  night. 

3526 

Not  a  man  upon  earth  expects  to  lose  his  soul,  and  he 
is  wise  in  so  thinking  ;  but  what  he  may  suffer  through 
wrong  living  may  make  him  desire  annihilation  before 
he  is  cleansed  of  his  infirmities. 

3527 

Look  not  in  thy  neighbor's  mind  for  filth  nor  yet  in 
thine  own ;  look  only  for  cleanly  thoughts  and  thou 
wilt  surely  find  them. 

3528 

The  pride  of  the  rich  and  the  pride  of  the  poor  vary 
neither  in  quality  nor  in  degree  when  it  rests  on  prin 
ciple;  but  vanity  may  have  a  thousand  quirks  in  a 
thousand  people. 

3529 

If  criminals  were  as  fearless  to  do  right  as  to  do  wrong 
greatness  would  be  theirs. 

3530 

The  lesson  of  the  flowers  is  that  they  do  the  best  they 
can. 

3531 
Ingratitude  beclouds  the  mind. 

3532 

When  a  man  looks  through  the  windows  of  his  soul 
he  seeth  things  in  a  new  light. 

3533 
Beware  of  the  idle :  they  will  rob  thee  of  time. 

3534 
Repine  not ;  there  is  more  to  gain  than  thou  hast  lost. 

3535 

Purity  become th  both  man  and  woman,  the  one  not 
more  than  the  other  when  the  sight  is  perfect. 


380 


3536 

running  brooks  and  shady  nooks  and  in  the 
majestic  forest  is  the  sacred  stillness  marred  by 
profanity  and  vulgarity  of  speech  where  it 
would  seem  as  if  no  thought  save  that  of  reverence 
and  admiration  could  be  admitted  to  man's  company. 

3537 

It  is  not  difficult  to  attach  meanings  to  ancient 
figures  of  speech,  but  it  is  most  difficult  to  attach  the 
original  one. 

3538 

Many  advocate  honesty,  but  by  their  lives  ye  shall 
know  them  whether  they  speak  from  conviction  or 
deception. 

3539 

It  is  no  longer  necessary  to  hide  truth  in  riddles.  It 
can  be  spoken  without  deluging  the  land  with  blood, 
and  we  thank  thee,  O  God,  and  men. 

3540 

When  thoughtlessness  wounds  to  the  quick,  deep 
love  murmurs  not. 

3541 

When  the  candle  burns  low  in  the  socket  of  this  life 
one  is  being  lighted  in  the  next. 

3542 

How  often  is  the  unattainable  sneered  at  by 
inferiority  ! 

3543 

See  thyself  not  as  thou  art,  but  without  blemish,  as 
this  will  tend  to  beautify. 

3544 

Science  is  plain  and  exact.  It  says  what  it  means  and 
means  what  it  says,  but  theology  delights  in  confusion 
of  tongues. 

3545 

It  were  foolish  to  say  that  this  planet  hath  received 
more  of  truth  than  another. 


381 


^  3546 

canst  not  entertain  an  ideal  too  lofty  to 
attain  in  time,  and  when  that  which  thou 
comprehendest  today  has  been  reached  thou 
canst  see  a  loftier  to  which  thou  canst  climb  with 
greater  ease  tomorrow,  and  on  through  the  eons  of 
time  this  will  be  thy  joyful  task. 

3547 
Heaven  is  so  small  it  can  be  found  within  itself. 

3548 

He  who  hath  ears  to  hear  does  hear. 

3549 

Mysticism  is  not  for  this  age,  and  the  least  use  made 
of  it  the  swifter  will  be  the  mark  toward  mental 
freedom. 

3550 

Plead  not  poverty  in  extenuation  of  wrongdoing. 
The  rich  are  as  great  rascals  as  the  poor.  It  is  a  lack 
of  commonsense  that  makes  rogues. 

3551 

Why  lead  thyself  downward  if  thou  desirest  either 
love  or  respect? 

3552 

Simplicity  is  the  need  of  the  hour ;  complexity  an  evil 
of  society. 

3553 

The  laborer  bemoans  the  situation  that  he  maketh 
for  himself  through  his  ignorance. 

3554 

If  you  would  have  the  world  free  from  mummery, 
repeat  the  old  thought  less  and  give  the  new  more 
consideration. 

3555 

Because  a  superstition  is  venerable,  is  that  a  reason 
it  is  desirable?  Do  you  admire  senility  more  than 
perspicuity  ? 


382 


3556 

finding  of  a  life  companion  should  be  the 
most  serious  occupation  of  young  men  and 
maidens,  whereas  too  much  is  left  to  chance 
and  mammon,  therefore  the  matrimonial  yoke  is 
galling  when  two  odd  creatures  pull  two  ways. 

3557 

Blessed  is  the  peacemaker  except  when  principle  is 
sacrificed  to  gain  it. 

3558 

Ethics  are  not  veiled  in  mysticism.  'T  is  superstition 
that  needs  concealing. 

3559 

In  fulness  of  time  the  earth  is  prepared  for  fulness 
of  thought. 

3560 

Spite  can  not  escape  its  own  blow :  though  aimed  at 
another,  it  wounds  itself. 

3561 

Pay  your  debts  and  escape  wrath,  for  as  surely  as  a 
man  liveth  he  must  be  honest  or  suffer. 

3562 

'T  is  in  vain  that  we  plead  for  wisdom  if  we  do  not 
seek  it. 

3563 

Verily,  saith  wisdom,  ignorance  is  a  weakling,  not 
knowing  how  to  care  for  itself. 

5364 

Ninety -nine  times,  if  need  be,  refuse  an  invitation  to 
debauch  thyself,  and  the  hundredth  invitation  will 
not  be  so  bold  of  approach. 

3565 

Lament  not  over  the  dead :  they  have  taken  a  step 
in  progression. 

3566 

Give  praise  for  every  chastisement  if  it  increaseth  thy 
understanding. 


383 


3567 
Intelligence   cares   less   for   display   than   ignorance. 

3568 

There  is  a  difference  between  stubborness  and  firm 
ness  not  always  perceived. 

3569 

Man  must  work  hard  for  science,  but  religions  are  for 
the  asking. 

3570 

Nature  does  not  rob  her  children  of  her  possessions ; 
they  rob  one  another. 

3571 

Everywhere  there  are  evidences  of  life  which  declare 
there  is  no  death. 

3572 
One  can  do  right  and  not  act  at  all  like  one's  teacher. 


384 


BOOK  FIFTEEN 


3573 

HE  hand  of  evolution  is  writing 
in  letters  of  fire  on  the  mountain 
sides  ;  in  their  craters  are  held  the 
lives  of  countless  men  and  women 
who  pray  in  vain  for  a  few  more 
days  upon  earth  ere  they  are 
licked  up  and  cast  out.  We  must 
reason  that  all  is  well  and  that 
which  seemeth  a  tragedy  is  Divine  law  working  in  a 
world  of  blind  folk. 

3574 

If  God  is  no  respector  of  persons  He  loves  the  sinner 
as  well  as  He  loves  the  righteous.  The  love  is  lacking 
on  man's  side. 

3575 
A  touch  of  sorrow  makes  thee  more  loved. 

3576 

In  natural  history  who  ever  heard  of  a  wise  snake, 
and  why  should  the  serpent  be  continued  as  the 
symbol  of  wisdom  in  these  days  of  understanding? 

3577 
Regret  not,  but  be  forewarned. 

3578 
The  fealty  of  the  few  holds  the  many  true. 

3579 

The  extreme  of  vulgarity  is  unkindness,  which  is  one 
of  the  many  names  of  ignorance. 

3580 
Away  with  all  desire  that  would  lower. 

3581 
Control  circumstances  to  control  destiny. 

3582 

Go  not  about  with  lines  of  despondency  writ  on  thy 
face  to  becloud  hope,  which  is  the  great  life-giver. 


387 


3583 

IF   men   would   build   their   characters   with   as 
much  forethought  and  care  as  they  build  their 
dwelling-houses,  the  general  average  of  mankind 
would  be  raised  to  the  point  where  wrongdoers  would 
be  too  conspicuous  to  be  comfortable. 

3584 

Ye  men  and  women  of  earth,  't  is  time  ye  sang  with 
a  loud  voice  of  cleanliness  of  mind  and  purity  of  body. 

3585 

In  vain  would  I  seek  of  men  their  religion,  did  I  wish 
to  acquaint  myself  with  their  true  natures. 

3586 

Life  is  so  wondrous  and  so  beautiful,  pity  't  is  that 
more  do  not  enjoy  it  instead  of  wasting  it. 

3587 

Pure  reason  must  be  God's  torch,  the  light  of  which 
man  hath  not  yet  seen. 

3588 

Today  religion  must  square  with  science  or  it  is  bound 
to  pass  away. 

3589 

Harmony  is  thine  if  thou  canst  find  it  on  the  key 
board  of  life. 

3590 

Listen  to  a  story  long  when  it  hath  a  pleasing  song ; 
but  when  falls  a  word  of  spite,  then  the  tale  thy  mind 
will  blight. 

3591 

No  one  should  care  what  becomes  of  opinions,  but 
every  one  should  care  what  becomes  of  truth. 

3592 
Reason  and  intuition — the  light  of  the  world. 

3593 

Finally,  brethren,  cease  to  argue  about  your  creeds  and 
mend  you  your  ways. 


388 


3594 

romantic  ideas  of  youth  are  realized  where 
men  and  women  grow  spiritual  with  increase  of 
years.  To  remain  young  the  spirit  must  ani 
mate  the  life  and  the  body  be  in  subjection  to  it. 
Satiety  is  then  unknown. 

3595 

When  thou  seest  only  the  good  in  another  thou  art 
seeing  God. 

3596 

Work,  thou  sluggard ;  work,  thou  prince,  or  evil  will 
overtake  and  devour  thee. 

3597 
A  clean  mind  is  like  a  lamp  in  a  dark  place. 

3598 

When  thou  hast  learned  a  lesson  in  the  morning  of  the 
day  write  it  in  the  evening  thereof.  If  thou  hast  no 
longer  need  of  it  the  world  may  have. 

3599 
The  fruit  of  life  is  gathered  at  its  close. 

3600 

A  rich  man  is  a  pauper  unless  he  possesses  knowledge. 
Gold  and  silver  he  must  leave,  but  knowledge  is  his 
forever. 

3601 
Honesty  is  commonsense  and  common  decency. 

3602 

Liberty  is  for  the  patriot.  The  traitor  knows  neither 
its  value  nor  its  use. 

3603 
Danger  lurketh  in  the  darkness  of  ignorance. 

3604 
Sincerity  dwells  in  the  light  of  truth. 

3605 
Adversity  is  assisted  by  the  staff  of  patience. 


389 


3606 

niGH  up  in  a  tree  swings  a  little  bird.  Low  down 
on  the  ground  stands  a  man  with  a  gun.  Would 
it  not  seem  that  the  man  should  be  content 
with  his  superiority  without  killing  the  little  songster  ? 

3607 

Ingratitude  is  a  coiled  serpent  that  would  bury  its 
fangs  in  any  philanthropist  that  crosses  its  way. 

3608 

Dishonesty  is  the  freak  of  a  madman  and  the  part  of 
a  fool.  It  slayeth  justice  and  raiseth  its  hand  against 
its  own  life. 

3609 
Good    conduct   is   supported   by   good    companions. 

3610 
Love  lingereth  long  where  hatred  entereth  not. 

3611 

Hatred  is  like  a  bad  tenant.  It  ruins  the  house  wherein 
it  lives. 

3612 

Jealousy,  like  a  bleating  sheep,  disturbs  the  quiet  of 
the  whole  flock. 

3613 

Power  is  the  rightful  possession  of  him  who  knows 
how  to  use  it. 

3614 

A  tattler  is  like  a  cackling  hen — everybody  knows 
when  an  egg  is  laid. 

3615 

Evil  minds  are  quick  to  detect  flaws. 

3616 

A  vicious  tongue  is  a  moral  nuisance,  and  a  meddler 
a  public  offense. 

3617 

A  gracious  manner  is  a  cooling  shade  on  the  scorching 
plains  of  argument. 


390 


3618 

An  empty  mind  is  like  an  empty  barn.  The  wind 
blows  through  the  cracks  and  thought  starves  at  the 
manger. 

3619 

Righteous  anger  is  the  twin  brother  of  hatred  howbeit 
one  may  deny  the  relationship. 

3620 

Egotism,  like  a  barren  fig-tree,  spreads  itself  uncom 
monly. 

3621 

He  absolutely  fails  who  forgets  his  neighbor  in 
exalting  himself. 

3622 

The  head  and  heart  of  the  miser  wherein  he  crowds 
his  gold  has  no  room  for  the  treasures  of  heaven. 

3623 
Indolence   hath   no   part   in   the   rewards   of  merit. 

3624 

Justice  is  the  problem  of  the  universe,  and  wise  will 
he  be  who  solves  it. 

3625 
Activity  is  the  life  of  the  spirit. 

3626 

Greatness  when  thrust  upon  small  men  makes  their 
defects  more  apparent  than  their  virtues. 

3627 

Refinement  is  a  sensitive  plant  that  thrives  best  in  its 
native  soil. 

3628 
Progress  is  the  journey  of  the  soul. 

3629 

Poverty,  though  the  companion  of  want,  need  not 
consort  with  vice. 

3630 
Riches  should  not  forget  that  poverty  was  its  ancestor. 


391 


3631 
Gratitude   is   an   oasis  on   the   Sahara   of  existence. 

3632 
Avarice  is  akin  to  dishonesty. 

3633 
A  degrading  thought  is  the  open  door  to  sin. 

3634 

Refinement  and  vulgarity  are  odious  to  each  other 
and  refuse  to  be  neighborly. 

3635 

Happy  is  he  who  is  sufficiently  respectful  to  deal 
honorably  with  himself,  and  thrice  happy  he  who 
dwells  in  purity  and  cleanliness. 

3636 

Hope  is  the  anchor  that  keeps  the  ship  from  stranding 
on  the  sands  of  despair. 

3637 
Ambition  is  the  bud  and  success  the  blossom. 

3638 

Hypocrisy  is  the  knave's  part  in  both  the  comedies 
and  tragedies  of  life. 

3639 
Obedience  is  wise  when  demanded  by  virtue. 

3640 

Egotism,  like  a  vain  bird,  exhibits  its  plumage  with 
conspicuous  pleasure. 

3641 

Contention  is  the  fool's  part  in  the  domestic  drama. 

3642 
Humility  is  a  virtue  only  when  it  concedes  to  wisdom. 

3643 

The  uncomplaint  of  those  who  in  the  exercise  of  their 
benevolence  are  trespassed  upon  is  fortitude. 


392 


3644 

Antagonism  is  jubilant  when  two  minds  move  in 
opposite  directions. 

3645 
Ferocity  is  the  result  of  much  snarling. 

3646 

When  the  heavenly  dew  of  sympathy  falls  upon 
adversity  it  revives  like  a  drooping  plant. 

3647 

Constancy  is  a  crown  jewel  of  wedlock  and  forbearance 
its  golden  setting. 

3648 
Where  there  is  godliness,  there  is  work. 

3649 

When  there  is  love,  passion  speedily  leaves.  Thus  its 
presence  is  of  short  duration  and  its  departure  a 
blessing. 

3650 
Pure  is  music  until  denied  by  words. 

3651 

Let  the  soul  teach  the  body  and  let  the  body  obey  the 
soul. 

3652 
Contentment  is  the  result  of  much  thought  or  of  none. 

3653 
When    there    is   wisdom    foolishness    hath    no    room. 

3654 

Anger  is  the  play  of  imbecility  and  altogether  unbe 
coming  intelligence. 

3655 
Honor  is  the  applause  of  conscience. 

3656 
Be  wise  in  time  to  save  the  humiliation  of  a  fall. 

3657 
Innocence  is  despoiled  by  the  cunning  of  covetousness. 


393 


3658 

Slothfulness  is  the  king  of  poverty,  and  want  and  misery 
its  abject  subjects. 

3659 

Hold  a  candle  to  your  own  thoughts  every  time  you 
examine  another's. 

3660 

When   there  is  a  high  thought  a  baser  is  not   easily 
entertained. 

3661 
Patience  is  the  part  of  a  philosopher. 

3662 

Charity  consisteth  not  so  much  in  the  giving  of  alms 
as  of  love  and  sympathy. 

3663 
Distinguished  is  he  that  walketh  with  a  clean  mind. 

3664 
Strength  comes  with  calmness,  languor  with  confusion. 

3665 

A  soul  is  like  a  seed — its  growth  depends  on  its  soil. 

3666 

A  beautiful  mind  is  the  blossom  of  love,  and  a  blasted 
life  the  product  of  lust. 

3667 
Broken    promises    are    shipwrecks    on    life's    ocean. 

3668 
Impertinence  is  the  delight  of  inferiority. 

3669 
Despair  is  the  outcome  of  impurity. 

3670 

He  who  lighteth  his  own  torch  and  goeth  forth 
stumbleth  less  than  he  who  gropes  without  light 
amongst  the  creeds  and  dogmas  that  have  been  left 
in  the  way. 


394 


3671 

Somewhere  in  the  inner  mind  of  man  there  is  a  thought 
receptacle.  Open  it  often  and  if  thou  perceivest  a 
truth  press  it  to  thy  lips  until  they  proclaim  it. 

3672 
A  revelation  cometh  to  him  who  asks. 

3673 
Wear  on  thy  bosom  the  white  flower  of  immortality. 

3674 
Desire  is  the  hidden  prompter  of  both  good  and  evil. 

3675 
Loquacity  is  an  art  to  conceal  ignorance. 

3676 

If  a  noble  act  brings  its  own  reward,  a  brutal  act 
brings  its  own  punishment. 

3677 
Conceit  is  a  heavy  burden  to  carry  up  the  hill  of  life. 

3678 
Utility  is  the  handmaiden  of  the  provident. 

3679 
Wastefulness  is  the  servant  of  want. 

3680 
Vanity   is   the   footman   that   admits    extravagance. 

3681 
Sobriety  bears  a  message  for  all. 

3682 

A  merry  tune  shorteneth  the  hours  and  maketh  the 
feet  to  dance,  but  a  dirge  maketh  slow  the  step  and 
covereth  the  green  earth  with  a  pall.  So  with  a  witty 
tongue  and  a  tale  of  woe. 

3683 
Contemplation  is  the  handbook  of  eternity. 


395 


3684 
Procrastination  is  a  bold  robber  attacking  all  people. 

3685 
Scorn  is  begotten  of  neglect. 

3686 

Harmony  is  the  sounding  of  two  or  more  notes  that 
accord,  and  this  is  as  true  of  the  mental  as  of  the 
musical  scale. 

3687 

The  chicken  hatched  in  your  neighbor's  yard  is  of 
less  profit  to  you  than  the  one  hatched  within  your 
own  enclosure.  Therefore,  it  is  wiser  to  set  your  own 
hen  than  to  regard  your  neighbor's  luck. 

3688 

Whoso  thirsteth  for  knowledge  may  drink  at  the 
spring  of  truth,  the  source  of  the  great  river  of  science. 

3689 

All  beautiful  objects  are  a  feast  to  the  eye  and  a  joy 
to  the  beholder ;  but  beauty  that  depends  on  external 
expression  is  only  veneer,  the  interior  being  of  common 
stuff. 

3690 
Sorrow  is  the  follower  of  rashness. 

3691 

Quality  of  mind  is  like  quality  of  cloth — the  stronger 
it  is  the  better  it  wears. 

3692 
True  heroism  is  the  sacrifice  for  the  welfare  of  others. 

3693 

A  brave  man  is  he  who  risks  reputation  in  defense 
of  an  unpopular  cause,  and  a  hero  is  he  who  falls  in 
the  ranks  of  truth. 

3694 

He  who  loves  justice  loves  God  and  his  neighbor  as 
himself. 


396 


3695 

A  prudent  man  neither  agrees  with  a  fool  nor  strives 
to  convince  a  maniac. 

3696 

Priestcraft  is  of  the  earth  earthy,  for  the  aspirations 
of  man  can  not  be  held  within  a  creed,  neither  can  the 
whole  truth  be  contained  in  a  volume. 

3697 
A  beautiful  thought  is  a  fragment  of  divinity. 

3698 
Felicity  is  the  inheritance  of  virtue. 

3699 

Indulgence  in  wrongdoing  is  piling  high  the  fagots 
with  which  to  burn  the  body. 

3700 

A  creed  is  a  strong  jailer  that  locks  the  mind  in  a 
dungeon. 

3701 
Nature  loves  those  children  most  who  best  obey  her. 

3702 

Violent  opposition  creates  hostility,  but  mild  persua 
sion  overcome th  much. 

3703 

A  wise  father  tempereth  his  words  to  the  offense,  and 
the  son  heareth ;  but  anger  driveth  away  reason  and 
blindeth  the  son,  who  goeth  forth  to  lose  his  way. 

3704 

What  shall  be  said  of  a  man  who  loveth  strong  drink 
more  than  dignity  and  burieth  his  head  in  the  dust 
like  the  silly  ostrich  ! 

3705 

Egotism,  like  a  clam  in  the  mud,  exposes  itself  by 
protruding  its  little  head. 

3706 
Lasting  beauty  is  the  outgrowth  of  wisdom. 


397 


3707 

a  beautiful  world  this  would  be  in  which 
to  live  were  every  man  as  mindful  of  his  own 
as  of  his  brother's  offenses !  What  a  delightful 
habitation  every  house  were  the  occupants  tuned  to 
the  same  pitch ! 

3708 

A  fool  goeth  forth  to  kill,  but  a  prudent  man  sitteth 
within  his  conscience. 

3709 

Whoso  loveth  hath  God  within  ;  whoso  hateth  turneth 
God  out. 

3710 

Indifferent  becomes  he  who  constantly  hears  the  voice 
of  complaint. 

3711 

To  the  novice  a  forbidden  pleasure  presents  more 
gilding  than  an  offered  duty,  but  the  connoisseur  is 
not  deceived. 

3712 
Vengeance  is  the  cruel  lash  of  the  tyrant. 

3713 

Obedience  to  a  principle  is  obedience  to  God  within. 

3714 

Labor,  both  mental  and  physical,  is  the  straightest 
road  to  health  and  happiness. 

3715 

Ecstacy  is  the  overflow  of  the  soul. 

3716 
Necessity  is  the  plebeian  ancestor  of  ambition. 

3717 

Slights  are  never  given  by  those  who  possess  some 
thing  better  to  offer. 

3718 

He  who  lives  in  the  din  of  discord  can  not  hear  the 
whisperings  of  the  soul. 


398 


3719 

How  truly  great  is  he  who  loveth  truth  more  than 
riches. 

3720 

He  that  preferreth  a  clean  hand  to  a  fat  purse  is  beloved 
of  God. 

3721 
He  that  lingereth  in  sin  lingereth  in  sorrow. 

3722 
Kindness  is  the  keynote  of  charity. 

3723 

Humor  is  the  leaven  that  maketh  light  the  dough  of 
life. 

3724 

Despondency  chains  the  mind  to  an  iron  ring  in  the 
wall  of  despair. 

3725 
Mirth  plays  with  the  sunbeams  of  life. 

3726 

In  the  morning  and  the  evening  of  life  man  draws 
very  near  to  God  ;  but  in  the  midday  He  is  oft  forgot. 

3727 

Thoughtfulness  of  others  is  a  beautiful  walk  along 
the  bypaths  of  heaven,  where  the  flowers  bloom  and 
overhang  the  way  and  whose  fragrance  is  everlasting. 

3728 

The  imagery  of  the  mind  is  a  flashlight  of  hidden 
realities. 

3729 
Memory  is  the  gift  of  the  ages. 

3730 

Nature  loves  most  the  inquisitive  student,  and  to 
him  will  she  reveal  her  secret  thoughts  and  intents. 
He  may  question  her  at  any  time,  for  she  is  always  in 
humor  to  answer. 


399 


3731 

QRIDE  of  birth  and  pride  of  station  have  no 
stronger    foundation    than    tradition ;    but    he 
whose  pride   raises   him   above   meanness   has 
a  foundation  that  the  rich  and  the  poor  might  envy 
and  that  neither  time  nor  eternity  can  weaken. 

3732 

Sublimity  surrounds  deity  in  the  mind  of  him  who 
contemplates  the  majesty  of  the  rolling  worlds  of 
space. 

3733 

He  who  raises  the  curtain  of  futurity  and  looks  with 
natural  vision,  beholds  heaven  as  a  fair  land  where 
each  soul  is  accorded  justice  and  obtains  that  employ 
ment  for  which  he  has  special  aptitude. 

3734 
Adoration  of  truth  is  adoration  of  God. 

3735 

Courage  is  needed  in  all  walks  of  life,  but  particularly 
is  it  required  when  the  pocketbook  is  depleted  and 
the  public  comment  on  the  fact. 

3736 
An  evil  thought  is  a  low  companion. 

3737 
Fidelity  is  the  companion  of  truth. 

3738 
A  shallow  mind  is,  like  a  shallow  pool,  easily  fathomed. 

3739 
A  bright  intellect  illumines  its  surroundings. 

3740 

A  wicked  saint  is  an  anomaly  sometimes  found 
within  the  shades  of  ecclesiasticism. 

3741 
Tolerance  and  benevolence,  the  logos  of  true  religion. 


400 


3742 

The   latitude   and   longitude   of  earth's    voyage   are 
marked  on  the  chart  of  human  experience. 

3743 
Indecision  invites  defeat. 

3744 

Little  by  little  we  learn  the  commands  of  God  which 
are  transcribed  on  the  tablets  of  Nature. 

3745 

Profane  is  the  thought  that  pictures  a  personal  God 
in  the  image  of  man. 

3746 

Mathematics  draws  the  mind  into  the  vast  spaces,, 
where  it  wanders  and  wanders  and  is  lost. 

3747 
Independence  of  thought  is  a  tonic  for  the  intellect. 

3748 
Cultivate  thy  will  and  thereby  strengthen  thy  morals. 

3749 

He  who   evades  justice   by   hiding   behind   a   feeble 
technicality  is  unworthy  the  generous  gift  of  franchise. 

3750 

Labor  is  not  degrading  to  the  soul,  but  where  there  is 
false  pride  it  inflicts  severe  punishment. 

3751 

Integrity  is  a  portion  of  the  very  Godhead,  and  he 
who  betrays  a  trust  defrauds  the  Most  High. 

3752 
Friendship  is  slow   to   rebuke,   but  swift   to   defend. 

3753 
He  who  is  most  liberal  with  advice  most  despises  it. 

3754 
Remorse  is  the  night  of  a  wasted  day. 


401 


3755 

Mathematics  endeavors  to  measure  space,  but  no 
line  of  figures  can  approach  the  Infinite. 

3756 

Indulgence  in  evil  fosters  habits  that  usurp  the  king 
dom  of  heaven  within. 

3757 

Each  one  who  asks  the  way  to  happiness  is  given  a 
different  direction  by  the  world,  therefore  there  is 
safety  only  in  following  the  guide-post  of  duty. 

3758 

Religion  and  society  run  a  neck-and-neck  race  for 
first  place. 

3759 
Drollery  is  the  spice  of  homely  fare. 

3760 

Gigantic  feet  can  be  encased  in  infant  shoes  with  less 
difficulty  than  gigantic  minds  can  wear  the  swaddling- 
clothes  of  superstition. 

3761 
A  stainless  life  is  a  patent  of  nobility  worn  by  few. 

3762 

Give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread,  saith  the  suppliant 
man.  I  will  earn  my  daily  bread,  saith  the  just  man. 


402 


BOOK  SIXTEEN 


3763 

HY  life  is  thine  own  only  inas 
much  as  thou  canst  live  it  with 
out  the  aid  of  another.  Verily 
this  is  an  impossibility,  from  the 
straw  upon  thy  head  to  the 
leather  under  thy  feet,  from  the 
printed  page  to  the  spoken  word. 
Thou  art  a  sharer  of  each  and 
every  one  who  contributes  to  thy  well-being.  There 
fore  thy  life  belongs  to  the  whole  ;  all  men  are  partners 
in  the  fulness  of  the  earth. 

3764 

Fear  loss  of  social  position  that  is  maintained  by 
dishonor — the  fall  is  great.  Honor  is  the  only  safe 
foundation  upon  which  to  rest  confidently. 

3765 

Be  thankful  for  the  diversity  of  religions.  The  many 
permit  growth. 

3766 

The  lighthouses  on  the  rocks  of  time  are  the  facts  of 
science. 

3767 
All  honor  be  to  him  who  unearths  a  truth. 

3768 
From  the  phoenix  of  intolerance  arises  cruelty. 

3769 
Regret  is  the  shadow  of  yesterday. 

3770 

As  a  woodsman  blazes  the  trees  to  mark  his  way,  so 
does  a  man  of  science  mark  the  way  for  those  who 
follow. 

3771 
A  betrayer  is  a  thief  who  robs  the  innocent. 

3772 
A  generous  man  is  a  doer  of  the  Lord's  work. 


405 


3773 

thou  that  art  stands  aloof?  Nay,  it 
cometh  as  close  to  every-day  life  as  mortal  will 
permit.  It  is  the  chiseled  marble  or  the  bloom 
ing  plant  in  the  broken  window-pane.  It  is  beauty 
expressed  in  ten  thousand  ways.  It  is  a  touch  of  God's 
finger  on  things  mundane. 

3774 

A  profound  thinker  labors  more  for  others  than  for 
self,  as  the  many  have  the  benefit  of  his  toil  and  are 
not  asked  to  share  the  fatigue. 

37^5 

A  rounded-out  day  is  a  link  in  the  chain  of  existence, 
and  many  links  make  the  years  that  carry  us  onward 
toward  perfection. 

3776 

Frequently  a  nimble  foot  serves  better  than  a  nimble 
tongue,  as  the  former  can  run  from  the  latter  when 
occasion  requires. 

3777 

Liberty  sits  contentedly  in  the  easy  chair  of  inde 
pendence. 

3778 

Authority  in  the  hands  of  ignorance  is  the  avalanche 
that  buries  the  people. 

3779 

Happiness  dependent  solely  on  external  things  is 
doomed  to  chilling  rebuffs  and  bitter  hours. 

3780 
Loneliness   is   the   moment   of  parting   with   virtue. 

3781 

Both  the  rich  and  the  poor  rub  on  the  washboard  of 
experience. 

3782 

We  must  not  invite  trouble  unless  willing  to  entertain 
it,  as  the  most  informal  invitation  is  always  promptly 
accepted. 


406 


3783 

fELF-CONTROL  is  the  citadel  of  the  soul 
wherein  is  seated  the  Great  King  I  upon  the 
throne  of  dignity.  When  the  monarch  is  dis 
turbed,  his  little  kingdom  quakes  and  is  threatened 
with  destruction.  When  he  reigns  supreme,  his  life  is 
an  idyl  of  serenity. 

3784 

Faultfinding  is  the  creaking  hinge  of  the  domestic 
door. 

3785 
Perversity  is  the  law  of  fools. 

3786 
Much  ado  about  religion  is  worse  than  no  religion. 

3787 

A  fop  boasts  close  acquaintance  with  the  tailor's 
goose. 

3788 

A  lack  of  tact  is  a  lack  of  an  essential  ingredient  of 
fashionable  society,  and  woe  is  he  who  has  it  not, 
desire  he  to  become  a  leading  actor  in  the  amusing 
farce. 

3789 

A  libertine  is  a  destroyer  of  God's  frailest  buds,  and 
there  is  naught  but  destruction  in  his  path. 

3790 

A  fortune  is  gained  by  him  who  waits  for  the  fickle 
jade  to  smile,  and  is  as  quickly  lost  when  she  frowns. 

3791 

There  is  danger  that  an  overabundance  of  worldly 
wealth  makes  the  soul  a  dry  place  and  the  heart  be 
comes  hardened  in  the  burning  heat  of  selfishness. 

3792 

When  the  sun  rises  in  the  North  and  sets  in  the  South, 
then  may  a  gilded  fool  be  called  a  sage  and  a  liberal 
cheat  an  honest  man. 


407 


3793 
A  good  name  is  frequently  worn  over  a  corrupt  heart. 

3794 
The  bad,   oftener  than   the   good,   desire   authority. 

3795 

A  clear  conscience  shines  through  the  face  of  him 
who  perceiveth  his  duty  and  doeth  it. 

3796 
He  who  repines  runs  backward. 

3797 

Bigotry    and    ecclesiasticism    are    churchyard    play 
fellows. 

3798 

The    ancestry    of   thoughts    can    be    traced    as    the 
ancestry  of  men. 

3799 
A  good  reputation  can  not  be  gained  by  bad  practises. 

3800 
Nothing  so  mars  beauty  as  the  reflection  of  vanity. 

3801 

A  sweet  temper  is  like  the  fragrance  of  a  June  morn ; 
an  ugly  temper  a  chill  November  blast. 

3802 

Each  lily  of  the  field  is  clothed  with  a  beauty  of  its 
own,  and  so  is  each  soul  that  God  attends. 

3803 

Policy  is  the  stepping-stone  to  popularity,  and  popu 
larity  is  the  steed  that  wins  the  political  race. 

3804 
Gallantry  seeks  attention  and  finds  it  quickly. 

3805 

Avarice  is  an  ugly  weed,  and  where  it  thrives  best 
naught  else  will  grow. 


408 


3806 
Observation  is  the  headlight  of  youth  and  age. 

3807 

Cupid  assumes  various  disguises  when  he  roams 
amongst  the  fair ;  but  when  he  seeks  a  bride  he 
invariably  dons  the  armor  of  a  Knight  of  Honor. 

3808 
A  hint  is  a  pin-thrust  which  leaves  a  sting. 

3809 

A  keen  sword  maketh  a  deep  wound  ;  so  doth  a  sharp 
word  lacerate  love. 

3810 

What  more  comely  than  age  adorned  with  wisdom, 
and  what  more  gladsome  than  youth  gathering  the 
fruits  of  knowledge  ? 

3811 

A  cobbler  can  patch  a  shoe,  but  he  can  not  mend  a 
broken  foot.  A  priest  may  patch  grief,  but  he  can  not 
mend  a  broken  heart. 

3812 

When  a  soul  is  encased  in  the  steel  of  selfishness,  how 
can  it  grow? 

3813 

Be  ashamed  of  idleness ;  it  bespeaks  thee  ignorant  of 
the  intent  of  life. 

3814 

The  rich  and  the  poor  race  on  parallel  tracks,  and 
death  is  the  prize  of  the  winner. 

3815 

That  forethought  is  preferable  to  afterthought  can 
not  too  often  be  writ. 

3816 

The  face  of  Divinity  is  concealed  behind  the  veil  of 
Nature,  and  whosoever  raiseth  it  beholds  loveliness, 
wisdom  and  eternal  youth. 

3817 
Where  justice  leaves  off,  generosity  may  begin. 


409 


3818 

While  perverseness  is  barring  the  door  against  reason, 
danger  crawls  in  at  the  window. 

3819 

Fatigue  is  the  ready  companion  of  labor  whenever 
labor  strays  from  love. 

3820 

A  knowledge  of  the  minute  things  of  life  prepares  one 
for  the  great  facts  of  eternity. 

3821 
Dissipation    is    the    idiotic    pastime    of   simpletons. 

3822 
Where  there  is  moral  weakness,  there  is  not  power. 

3823 

Failure  may  not  be  attributed  more  to  circumstances 
than  to  inclination. 

3824 

Intellect  is  the  product  of  toil,  and  the  increase  belongs 
to  the  toiler. 

3825 

Undiluted   frankness  is  not   commendable   in   social 
intercourse  if  one  craves  popularity. 

3826 

The  human  face  is  homely  only  when   allied  with 
a  repulsive  character. 

3827 
Application  is  the  lower  rung  of  the  ladder  of  fame. 

3828 

A  spendthrift  invariably  stands  with  his  back  to  the 
future. 

3829 

One  can  forgive  the  candor  of  a  friend,  but  not  so 
readily  that  of  an  enemy. 

3830 

Silence  is  the  soliloquy  of  him  who  walks  unattended 
through  the  garden  of  thought. 


410 


3831 

Unseen  is  the  hand  that  engraves  the  memory. 

3832 
From  the  womb  of  tolerance  leaps  progress. 

3833 

A  brawler  is  like  a  swollen  stream,  ever  and  anon 
leaping  its  banks  and  doing  some  damage. 

3834 
Cruelty  is  an  instrument  of  torture  in  the  hands  of  sin. 

3835 

Though  intemperance  affect  pleasantry  it  can  not 
disguise  its  ugly  character. 

3836 

Death  is  the  long-expected  guest  who  is  received  with 
tears  by  all  but  one. 

3837 

An  unreasoning  mind,  like  a  contrary  animal,  invites 
the  lash  of  discipline. 

3838 

The  destiny  of  man  is  written  by  the  finger  of  evolu 
tion  on  the  wall  of  time. 

3839 

The  sowing  of  intellectual  seed  in  the  springtime  of 
life  brings  forth  a  bountiful  harvest  ere  the  Autumn. 

3840 

If  law-makers  and  pill-makers  could  be  compelled  to 
take  more  of  their  own  medicine  and  give  less  of  it, 
the  public  health  might  be  better  conserved. 

3841 

When  riches  and  penury  are  introduced  by  calamity, 
rank  is  abashed  and  equality  established. 

3842 

The  infantile  mind  delights  in  homage,  but  wisdom 
little  concerns  with  forms  and  ceremonies. 


411 


3843 

Hand  in  hand,  Crime  and  his  spouse,  Stealth,  roam 
the  world,  wherever  their  wicked  fancy  leads. 

3844 

Tradition  is  a  more  potent  factor  than  reason,  in 
determining  men's  religion. 

3845 
Gravity  is  amusing  when  capering  with  sin. 

3846 

Alas !  too  often  the  offspring  of  lust  and  contention 
fill  the  corners  of  the  house  to  make  it  a  haven  of  rest 
and  a  place  of  safety. 

3847 

A  shrewd  man  is  he  who  carries  a  high  head  when 
accompanied  by  a  lean  purse. 

3848 

The  plebeian  and  the  aristocrat  are  both  products  of 
the  human  garden,  and  when  treated  with  like  care 
bear  similar  quantity  and  quality  of  fruit. 

3849 

Ambiguity  may  be  entertaining  for  an  evening,  but 
a  week  of  it  would  be  prevarication  and  a  twelve 
month  an  abominable  falsehood. 

3850 

Love  is  the  fountain  whereat  all  people  slake  their 
thirst. 

3851 

Never  was  man  too  poor  to  give  a  smile  and  a  kind 
word,  and  never  was  man  too  rich  to  accept  them. 

3852 
Fear  is  the  dragon  of  night  that  slays  the  peace  of  day. 

3853 

Happiness  depends  not  so  much  on  another  as  on  one's 
self. 


412 


3854 

Willing  hands  find  no  rest  in  idleness  ;  unwilling  hands 
no  joy  in  usefulness. 

3855 

The  distance  is  long  from  selfishness  to  generosity, 
but  it  has  been  traversed  by  many  and  the  way  found 
delightful. 

3856 

Passing  through  life  to  the  many  is  like  passing 
through  a  darkened  room :  to  the  few,  like  passing 
through  an  illumined  chamber  where  everything  is 
shown  in  beauty  and  defect. 

3857 

Seek  not  recompense.  Seek  principles,  and  recompense 
will  follow. 

3858 

Hunger  makes  savage,  and  savages  hunger  for  destruc 
tion. 

3859 
The  test  of  truth  is  time. 

3860 

Silently  as  falleth  a  star  in  the  heavens  falleth  thought 
from  above. 

3861 

Fill  thou  my  heart  with  gratitude  and  my  soul  with 
thanksgiving  for  the  joy  of  living. 

3862 
Vanity  is  a  weak  staff  for  a  rough  road. 

3863 

Give  thyself  no  rest  until  thou  hast  found  thy  work ; 
and  when  thou  hast  found  it,  labor  diligently,  not  for 
thyself  alone,  but  for  the  great  world  in  which  thou 
art  cast. 

3864 

Let  us  not  become  sullen  nor  abusive  when  our  notions 
are  controverted  by  facts ;  rather  let  us  rejoice  that 
our  errors  are  rectified. 


413 


3865 

Let  no  man  say  he  knows  God,  lest  he  be  accused  of 
bragging  falsely.  Let  him  say  rather  that  the  desire 
of  his  heart  is  to  know  the  divine  will  and  to  conform 
to  it. 

3866 

True  happiness  is  the  joy  of  unselfishness. 

3867 

Bear  thy  name  proudly  and  be  not  ashamed  of  honest 
toil. 

3868 

Sweet  as  the  carols  of  the  lark  on  high  are  the 
cadences  of  inspiration  that  fall  on  the  spirit  ear. 

3869 
Contentment  goes  wherever  it  is  invited. 

3870 

Think  not  that  the  size  of  a  house  and  the  quality  of 
its  furnishings  are  an  indication  of  the  size  and  quality 
of  the  mind  of  the  inhabitant. 

3871 

In  matters  pertaining  to  public  good,  delay  is  less 
dangerous  than  haste. 

3872 

A  feeble  mind  leans  on  another's  opinion.  A  strong 
mind  leans  on  its  own. 

3873 

Alas !  how  unfortunate  they  who  are  encased  within 
the  steel  cells  of  vanity  and  fashion,  deprived  of  the 
society  of  the  thinking  world  and  forced  to  eat  of  the 
bread  and  water  of  idleness  and  folly. 

3874 
The  cry  of  oppression  reaches  not  the  ear  of  selfishness. 

3875 

A  mighty  man  of  valor  is  he  who  begirds  himself  with 
wisdom  and  rescues  lovely  Peace  from  the  clutches 
of  War. 


414 


3876 

the  philosopher  dons  his  diving- suit  to 
explore  the  bottom  of  the  sea  of  motives,  what 
curious  things  he  finds  and  what  horrid  mon 
sters  he  brings  to  the  surface  for  the  prying  eyes  of 
the  world  to  examine. 

3877 

Those  who  are  immured  in  ignorance  think  naught  of 
the  needs  of  the  world. 

3878 

The  gold  ear  of  usury  heareth  not  the  plaintive  voice 
of  penury. 

3879 

He  is  more  clever  who  knows  when  to  speak  and  not 
how  than  he  who  knows  how  to  speak  and  not  when. 

3880 

Judaism  consoles  the  Jew.  Christianity  consoles  the 
Christian,  but  the  truth  alone  consoles  the  man  whose 
love  of  God  exceeds  his  love  of  sect. 

3881 

Diligence  frequently  distances  genius  in  the  long  race 
for  honor. 

3882 

Who  will  say  it  is  more  cruel  to  bind  the  foot  than  the 
mind ! 

3883 

To  know  a  man  you  must  see  him  when  it  rains  and 
when  it  shines,  when  it  blows  and  in  the  calm. 

3884 

If  we  stand  in  the  line  of  progress  ourselves  we  are 
surer  of  holding  our  place  than  when  we  hire  a  sub 
stitute. 

3885 

If  thou  desirest  laudation,  laugh  with  thine  enemy  and 
also  mourn  with  him  as  with  a  friend :  though  thy 
friend  may  expect  more  than  he  gets,  thy  enemy  gets 
more  than  he  expects. 


415 


3886 

RED  coat  excites  a  strutting  gobbler  and  a 
spreading  tail  displays  the  vanity  of  the  pea 
cock,  but  the  cow  gives  as  much  milk  and  the 
dairymaid  makes  as  much  butter  and  cheese  as 
though  the  turkeys  and  the  peafowl  were  tranquil. 
Vanity  disturbs  little  but  itself. 

3887 

The  white  lily  of  truth  blooms  eternal  in  the  divine 
mind. 

3888 

There  are  as  many  ideas  of  luxury  as  there  are  minds 
to  seek  it,  but  he  enjoys  most  who  knows  most. 

3889 

Hunger  often  makes  a  poor  man  steal,  but  as  fre 
quently  a  rich  man  steals  for  very  love  of  plundering 
the  honest  folk  who  trust  him. 

3890 

They  who  look  from  the  housetops  of  intelligence  can 
better  observe  the  needs  of  humanity  than  they  who 
grope  in  cellars. 

3891 

Get  a  little  money  if  thou  must  and  a  little  sense  if 
thou  canst,  but  at  all  hazards  get  the  sense  first  and 
the  money  will  abide  longer  with  thee. 

3892 
Love  of  duty  makes  swift  action  a  pleasure. 

3893 

Subtleness  more  than  frankness  is  inclined  to  impugn 
good  motives. 

3894 

Consanguinity  is  made  an  excuse  for  rudeness  that 
would  otherwise  be  unpardonable. 

3895 

The  humiliation  of  defeat  lies  deepest  in  the  heart 
of  him  who  has  more  vanity  than  valor. 


416 


3896 

gBIG  thief  gathers  the  treasures  of  others  and 
holds  them  in  his  wicked  grasp.  A  little  thief 
gathers     trash.     They    differ     only    in    their 
capacity  to  seize  and  to  hold.  The  little  thief  is  scorned 
for  his  misdemeanor,  whilst  perchance  the  big  thief  is 
honored   and   envied    for   his   boldness   and   success. 

3897 

Longevity  is  only  desirable  when  one  has  much  work 
to  perform. 

3898 

Affection  is  well  in  the  right  place,  and  the  right  place 
is  everywhere  that  men,  women  and  children  are 
domiciled. 

3899 

In  morning  life  agriculture  leads  in  the  quiet  fields  of 
Nature,  and  in  the  twilight  invites  its  votaries  to 
walk  in  the  peaceful  groves  of  contentment. 

3900 

Atavism  watching  for  an  open  door  passes  in  unnoticed 
and  surprises  the  careless  family. 

3901 

He  that  rebuketh  without  cause  is  in  danger  of 
contempt. 

3902 

He  that  slanders  a  neighbor  will  betray  his  own 
household  should  ill-nature  suggest. 

3903 

A  great  nation  loves  a  greater  people,  and  a  great 
people  love  a  greater  nation. 

3904 
Alcohol  prefers  to  reach  its  destination  in  a  hurry. 

3905 

Wheresoever  the  mind  of  man  tendeth,  there  abideth 
the  man. 


417 


3906 

SASHIONABLE  society  never  laughs  at  itself, 
but  those  who  look  between  the  cracks  and 
through  the  knot-holes  of  the  high  board  fence 
that  surrounds  it  laugh  merrily  at  the  capers  and 
grimaces    of    the    performing    company    within    the 
enclosure. 

3907 

Beware  of  him  who  is  swift  to  condone  thy  faults. 
Mayhap  they  are  his  own. 

3908 

See  to  it  that  thy  neighbor  returns  that  which  he 
borrows,  otherwise  thou  makest  of  him  a  receiver  of 
alms. 

3909 

When  stupidity  prattles  of  itself  humor  raises  a 
protecting  hand  to  save  it  from  violence. 

3910 
Lean  not  on  another,  lest  thou  grow  lopsided. 

3911 

Muzzle  thy  temper  and  chain  it  to  its  kennel  as  thou 
wouldst  secure  a  ferocious  dog. 

3912 

The  condolence  of  a  friend  is  acceptable,  but  the 
condolence  of  a  stranger  as  often  wounds  as  comforts. 

3913 

Milk  and  water  nourishes  a  babe,  but  is  weak  food  for 
a  man.  So  is  it  with  diluted  logic  for  a  grown  mind. 

3914 

Energy  springs  into  immediate  action,  but  sloth  will 
sit  all  day  looking  on. 

3915 

The  problem  of  finance  is  the  problem  of  the  world. 
It  has  never  been  solved  nor  will  it  ever  be  though  all 
nations  and  all  peoples  will  never  cease  to  try. 


418 


3916 

lower  kingdom  of  Nature  more  willingly 
reveals  her  purpose  to  man ;  but  the  higher, 
which  comprises  man  himself,  is  more  reticent. 
Lives  will  be  sacrificed,  moons  will  wax  and  wane,  and 
cycles  be  turned :  yet  the  revelation  will  be  afar. 

3917 

Corrupt  citizens  make  corrupt  officials,  therefore  to 
cleanse  politics  cleanse  the  home  and  the  State  will 
care  for  itself. 

3918 

If  death  loves  a  shining  mark  it  must  not  be  inferred 
that  life  prefers  a  tallow  dip  to  the  sun. 

3919 

The  angels  are  torchbearers  to  light  the  soul  through 
the  misty  vale  of  death — and  what  are  angels  but  the 
loved  gone  before  ? 

3920 

Indolence  would  rock  all  day  in  the  lap  of  luxury  if 
not  crowded  out  by  necessity. 

3921 

Worry  begins  in  the  mind  and  ends  there ;  then  let 
the  circumference  of  the  circle  be  small  or  it  will  be 
larger  than  the  mind. 

3922 

Original  thought  is  claimed  by  many  writers,  but 
thought  is  a  free,  inexhaustible,  eternal  quantity,  and 
he  who  claims  to  have  originated  thought  may  with 
as  much  propriety  proclaim  himself  God. 

3923 

A  dreary  life  finds  little  consolation  in  a  prospective 
heaven :  an  ever-present  negation  of  that  condition 
in  the  now  overshadows  the  future. 

3924 

Maxims  are  good  for  those  who  heed, 
And  wise  are  they  who  never  need. 


419 


3925 

DO  one  wants  a  maniac  in  the  home,  yet  a  house 
hold  will  admit  anger  occasionally,  and  crime 
with   its   red   eye   and   cruel   mien   crowds   so 
closely  upon  its  heels  that  it  is  apt  to  slip  in  with  its 
mate  to  do  awful  deeds. 

3926 

A  bullseye  is  made  in  false  pride  every  time  common- 
sense  fires  at  it. 

3927 

It  takes  a  very  long  pole  to  knock  the  apples  of  wisdom 
off  the  tree  of  life. 

3928 

Confidence  leans  on  the  arm  of  love  through  rain  and 
sunshine,  heat  and  snow. 

3929 

Frugality  is  the  defense  of  the  poor  against  the  army 
of  want. 

3930 

A   fountain   of  perpetual   youth   flows   from   under 
standing. 

3931 
Disease  is  not  more  contagious  than  bad  language. 


420 


BOOK  SEVENTEEN 


3932 

HY  does  the  warrior  strut  and  the 
plowman  bend?  Answer,  ye  who 
know !  Have  not  the  selfish  exalted 
one  and  debased  the  other?  Has 
it  not  been  thought  a  curse  to 
earn  one's  bread  by  the  sweat  of 
the  brow  since  the  Adam  story? 
War  is  the  curse  of  mankind  and 
work  the  savior.  Living  peoples  must  not  in  their 
jealous  frenzy  murder  one  another.  God  gives  man 
breath  and  He  alone  can  take  it  from  him  without 
sin.  It  is  his  possession  for  a  short  time,  that  he  may 
labor  diligently  in  earth's  vineyard  ;  then  to  yield  it 
and  go  hence  when  called  to  higher  fields  of  usefulness. 
Such  is  Twentieth-Century  thought,  based  on  things 
seen  and  unseen. 

3933 

Hypocrisy  is  a  burning  coal  carried  in  the  hand,  and 
every  one  is  scorched  who  clasps  the  fingers. 

3934 

The  revenue  derived  from  dishonesty  is  so  much 
poison  with  which  to  commit  moral  suicide. 

3935 

As  a  tune  is  learned  sooner  by  singing  than  by  sighing, 
so  is  a  talent  developed  more  quickly  by  recognition 
than  by  denial. 

3936 

A  bargain-seeker  will  always  find  the  accommodating 
vender  lying  in  wait  with  prize -package  in  hand. 

3937 

As  a  slight  shower  hinders  the  May  dance,  so  will  a 
trifle  hinder  happiness. 

3938 

Intelligence  is  the  inflow  of  Divine  light  into  the  mind 
of  man  ;  and  wherever  the  man  of  intellect  resides,  there 
radiate  from  him  rays  of  thought  that  illumine  many 
mysterious  corners  of  life. 


423 


3939 

HEGAL  statutes  restrain  because  of  the  penalty 
attached  thereto ;  and  when  Nature's  laws  are 
rightly  interpreted  for  the  man-child,   he  will 
not  so  carelessly  break  them,  because  he  will  know 
that  the  penalty  that  follows  each  and  every  infringe 
ment  is  never  set  aside. 

3940 

A  genial  countenance  illuminates  a  large  company, 
but  a  sour  visage  puts  out  the  light. 

3941 

Goodness  and  kindness  are  twin  sisters  whose  lives 
are  spent  in  thought  of  others. 

3942 

Faithfulness  and  truthfulness  are  the  foundation  of 
matrimony  without  which  the  structure  falls. 

3943 

Eccentricity  is  more  agreeable  to  meet  at  the  public 
inn  than  at  the  fireside. 

3944 

Love !  What  is  it  ?  To  each  individual  it  hath  a  dif 
ferent  definition :  to  one  it  is  of  earth,  earthy ;  to 
another,  of  heaven,  heavenly ;  but  it  seemeth  to  be 
the  energy  that  makes  and  holds  worlds — the  God- 
essence  that  permeates  all  life. 

3945 

The  fear  of  death  is  all  that  stands  between  many 
men  and  many  sins. 

3946 

Irregular  habits  make  irresponsible  men,  and  irrespon 
sible  men  make  ready  rogues  but  poor  citizens. 

3947 

A  naked  mind  is  a  greater  offense  against  society  than 
a  naked  body. 

3948 
Necessity  is  the  lever  that  moves  the  world. 


424 


3949 

VICTUALS  and  drink  are  needed  each  time  the 
sun  returns  to  sustain  the  physical  man  ;  alas  ! 
how  few  feed  the  spiritual  man,  whose  hunger 
is  so  great  that  he  dies  of  starvation  without  complaint. 

3950 

It  is  better  to  sup  on  porridge  with  honesty  and 
virtue  than  to  partake  of  the  fatted  calf  and  drink  of 
the  red  wine  with  luxury  and  vice. 

3951 
A  villain  is  the  servant  of  his  own  plots. 

3952 

A  habitue  of  the  playhouse  who  subsists  on  the  over- 
seasoned  hash  of  comedy  and  tragedy  turns  from 
plain  fare. 

3953 

Authority  wielded  by  a  fool,  or  authority  wielded  by 
a  knave,  is  a  two-horned  dilemma  ;  and  upon  whichever 
horn  the  public  is  tossed,  it  is  sure  to  be  injured. 

3954 
A  welcome  guest  listeneth  to  the  promptings  of  Time. 

3955 
A  lover  of  truth  will  dig  for  it  in  the  mire  of  falsehood. 

3956 

When  a  suffering  people  are  confronted  by  the  two 
tyrants,  theocracy  and  plutocracy,  only  a  wise  leader 
can  conduct  them  safely  through  the  Red  Sea  of  trouble. 

3957 

Thy  neighbor  might  become  thy  surety,  but  ask  him 
not  unless  you  intend  to  move. 

3958 

God  gavest  man  a  fair  knowledge  of  men,  but  con 
cealed  Himself  entirely  from  them,  so  that  they  know 
Him  not,  however  much  they  may  boast. 


425 


3959 

He  who  roams  gathers  more  experience  than  con 
tentment. 

3960 

Sagacity  is  the  friend  of  the  animal  and  frequently 
would  serve  man  better  than  theory. 

3961 

When  chasing  a  foxy  debtor  follow  the  hounds  closely 
if  you  wish  to  take  the  brush. 

3962 

Examine  thy  heart  frequently  to  discover  if  there  be 
aught  within  that  does  not  belong  there. 

3963 

It  is  said  to  be  an  omen  of  good  luck  to  find  a  horse 
shoe  ;  but  the  finder's  luck  lies  not  so  much  in  the 
horseshoe  as  in  finding  something,  however  small. 

3964 

A  loveless  life  is  like  a  leafless  tree — a  dreary  object 
'gainst  a  wintry  sky. 

3965 
A  stubborn  mind  resides  in  a  weak  head. 

3966 

Wit  and  humor  are  the  pepper  and  salt  of  debate. 

3967 

Loquacity  will  run  the  conversational  mill,  but  it 
turns  out  a  small  grist. 

3968 

Much  legal  ingenuity  is  required  to  successfully  defend 
vice  against  justice. 

3969 

Who  is  bold  enough  to  declare  that  a  dishonest  man 
walks  as  close  to  God  as  an  honest  one  ? 

3970 

Hate  is  the  forerunner  of  confusion,  and  confusion  is 
the  forerunner  of  disaster. 


426 


3971 

INASMUCH  as  God  has  endowed  human  beings 
with  reason,  let  them  exercise  it  in  determining 
their  relation  and  conduct  toward  Him,   irre 
spective  of  inherited  hindrances  to  individual  freedom 
of  opinion. 

3972 

An  effort  in  behalf  of  justice  is  an  effort  in  behalf  of 
liberty. 

3973 

Royalty  affects  disdain  when  compelled  to  exchange 
words  with  democracy,  and  democracy  is  invariably 
annoyed  when  associating  with  royalty. 

3974 

Display  would  soon  weary  of  going  forth  did  the 
people  close  their  eyes. 

3975 

Marital  indiscretion  creates  apprehension,  which 
makes  the  day  midnight  and  goblins  to  walk  at  noon. 

3976 
Plutocracy  rides  in  a  triumphal  car  drawn  by  the  poor. 

3977 
A   wholesome   lesson   is   contained   in   every   defeat. 

3978 
Labor  unhesitatingly  turns  want  out  of  the  cottage. 

3979 

The  loud  and  urgent  petitioning  of  the  sinner  suggests 
that  the  Lord  is  either  deaf  or  in  bad  humor. 

3980 

Confer  a  favor  on  a  stingy  man  and  he  will  return  but 
thanks.  Confer  a  favor  on  a  generous  man  and  he 
returns  thanks  and  the  favor  also. 

3981 

A  bright  morn  does  not  preclude  a  shower  in  the 
evening,  neither  does  a  fair  promise  imply  a  fair  act. 


427 


3982 

Incantations  please  the  superstitious ;  superstition 
pleases  the  ignorant ;  but  neither  please  him  who  has 
cast  off  swaddling-clothes. 

3983 
A  jolly  man  enjoys  what  a  sober  man  ignores. 

3984 

One  glimpse  of  Paradise  would  compel  instant  obey- 
ance  of  Divine  law,  and  it  is  because  of  man's  short 
sightedness  that  he  continues  in  evil. 

3985 

Despondency  is  the  most  intimate  companion  of 
misery. 

3986 

Literature  is  the  open  portal  to  unalloyed  pleasure, 
the  charming  companion  of  solitude,  and  a  kind 
friend  to  all. 

3987 

Anachronism  is  unfortunate  for  any  historian,  but 
most  disastrous  for  the  theologian. 

3988 

Versatility  belongs  to  the  many,  adaptability  to 
genius. 

3989 

Providence  has  decreed  that  he  who  acts  like  a  fool 
shall  not  be  accounted  a  sage. 

3990 
Intolerance  is  born  of  selfishness. 

3991 
Rancor  lives  long  after  pain  is  forgotten. 

3992 
Acrimony  delights  to  wound  prosperity. 

3993 
Merit  loves  application  and  rewards  it  openly. 


428 


3994 

is  the  figurehead  on  every  ship  that  sails 
the  Human  Ocean.  Sometimes  it  is  carried  away 
by  the  heavy  seas  that  break  over  the  bow,  but 
whenever  a  port  is  reached  it  is  replaced,  the  owner 
gives  cheers,  looses  his  moorings  and  sails  away  on 
another  voyage. 

3995 

Perfection  depends  much  for  assistance  on  encourage 
ment. 

3996 

When  the  apostles  of  art  walk  the  earth  in  search  of 
beauty  to  lay  their  genius  at  her  feet,  they  find  the 
way  blocked  by  the  demons  of  necessity  who  lie  in 
wait  to  slay  them. 

3997 

The  struggle  for  life  weighs  heavy  when  there  is 
nothing  but  hunger  in  the  house  and  nothing  but 
sorrow  in  the  heart. 

3998 

Gratitude  is  most  pleasing  when  accompanied  by 
affection. 

3999 

Dissipation  and  extravagance  are  the  highwaymen 
of  civilization. 

4000 

Fairer  than  the  morn  and  brighter  than  the  sun  is  the 
inspiration  bestowed  upon  aspiration. 

4001 

A  cup  of  water  and  a  crust  received  with  thankfulness 
smooths  the  way  of  the  next  unfortunate  who  asks 
assistance. 

4002 

Labor  to  the  end  that  all  men  may  profit  by  thy 
industry  and  the  question  of  poverty  is  forever 
settled. 

4003 

Of  all  the  burdens  of  life  a  diseased  mind  is  the  most 
oppressive  that  frail  humanity  is  obliged  to  bear. 


429 


4004 

HN    intelligent    and    faithful    dog    expects    his 
services  to  be  recognized  by  a  pleasant  word  of 
commendation,  which  is  readily  given  by  a  good 
master.  Why  then  should  not  a  man  receive  as  much 
as  a  dog  ? 

4005 
Generosity  labors  for  love's  sake. 

4006 

Diligence  is  a  better  watchman  than  negligence.  The 
one  courts  safety,  the  other  disaster. 

4007 

Swift  fly  the  hours  of  time,  but  swifter  the  moments 
of  opportunity. 

4008 

Extravagance  arrives  with  a  smile,  but  leaves  with  a 
frown. 

4009 

License  to  do  right  the  good  man  calls  liberty,  and  the 
bad  man,  bondage. 

4010 

Intelligence  seeks  causes.  Ignorance  is  satisfied  to 
view  effects. 

4011 

Poverty  and  genius  must  be  fond  of  each  other,  else 
they  would  not  be  found  so  much  together. 

4012 

Ambition  shows  preference  for  youth  and  inexperience 
and  may  desert  age  altogether  to  dally  with  the  young. 

4013 

A  philosopher  is  bound  to  listen  to  the  philosophy  of 
others  if  he  desires  to  advance  his  own  with  profit. 

4014 

Fortune  does  not  run  on  a  straight  line,  but  has 
tangents  that  no  man — be  he  prophet,  sage  or  miser — 
can  foresee. 


430 


4015 

g  VISION  of  rest  is  the  weary  slave's  dream  of 
heaven ;  but  a  place  of  industry  is  the  heaven 
desired  by  the  philosopher  who  finds  his  three 
score  and  ten  years  too  short  to  unravel  the  long  skein 
of  mystery  which  entangles  him. 

4016 

Confidence  when  broken  can  only  be  mended  with 
the  cement  of  time,  but  never  perfectly. 

4017 
Anxiety  goeth  about  unveiled. 

4018 

Crime  with  its  load  of  guilt  must  always  drag  behind 
virtue. 

4019 
A  greater  affront  than  buffoonery  is  chicanery. 

4020 

A  gamester  may  not  be  a  leader  of  the  pious,  but  he 
may  not  have  a  worse  heart  than  many  who  pray 
daily  for  his  conversion  to  their  particular  belief. 

4021 

Let  no  man  say  it  is  well  with  him  who  hath  not  God 
for  a  partner. 

4022 

When  considering  the  way  of  the  journey  thy  pleasure 
is  increased  or  diminished  according  as  thy  mind 
conjures. 

4023 

A  single  grain  of  commonsense  sifted  into  the  other 
ingredients  that  compose  the  daily  bread  will  make 
a  lighter  and  more  digestible  loaf. 

4024 
Seek  to  be  just  rather  than  popular. 

4025 
The  majority  should  rule  when  the  majority  is  right. 


431 


4026 

Elegance  of  thought  claims  no  relationship  to  elegance 
of  manner,  though  once  in  a  while  there  is  an  affinity. 

4027 

A  lamb  led  to  the  slaughter  is  the  child  whose  life  is 
made  subject  to  the  will  of  the  ignorant. 

4028 

Bear  in  mind  when  deciding  matters  of  weight  that 
even  the  consensus  of  opinion  is  not  infallible. 

4029 

Self-respect  is  the  truest  of  friends,  as  it  can  be 
depended  upon  to  carry  one  safely  through  great 
difficulties. 

4030 

Guidance  is  often  necessary,  but  always  seek  it  from 
a  superior  if  you  wish  to  ascend. 

4031 

A  stingy  man  groans  inaudibly  when  decency  compels 
him  to  put  his  mite  on  the  public  plate,  and  the 
generous  man  can  not  suppress  a  laugh. 

4032 

Curiosity  abounds  in  children  and  occupies  the  place 
of  good  breeding  in  many  adults. 

4033 

Heaven  hath  knowledge  of  so  much  evil  that  it  is 
hidden  from  earth  by  a  veil  of  tears. 

4034 

Danger  lies  behind  every  door  that  is  perpetually 
closed  to  the  public  eye,  and  misery  behind  every  wall 
that  is  raised  to  shut  up  the  children  of  earth  from 
their  brothers  and  sisters. 

4035 

Brevity  is  never  better  appreciated  than  in  the  pay 
ment  of  a  loan. 


432 


4036 

Faith  is  a  stout  staff  on  which  to  lean  when  traversing 
the  vale  of  doubt. 

4037 

A  great  multitude  of  words  are  put  forth  to  one  idea — 
a  cartload  of  advice  to  one  useful  suggestion. 

4038 

It  is  cruel  to  hint  neglect  when  circumstances  are  at 
fault. 

4039 

Thy  talents  may  not  be  appreciated  by  thy  neighbors, 
but  the  taste  of  thy  relatives  may  not  be  trusted. 

4040 

Fortunes  are  made  and  lost  in  a  day,  but  this  can  not 
be  said  of  the  treasures  of  the  mind. 

4041 

If  a  fraction  of  the  money  given  to  vice  were  applied 
to  virtue,  the  sun  of  prosperity  would  shine  in  count 
less  homes. 

4042 

When  women  become  more  like  men  their  friendship 
may  be  more  lasting ;  but  should  men  become  more 
like  women,  what  then? 

4043 

Diversity  of  opinion  fearlessly  expressed  is  the  surest 
sign  of  healthful  growth. 

4044 

Peace  will  abide  permanently  upon  the  earth  when 
selfishness  makes  room  for  it. 

4045 

A  dejected  suitor  carries  about  a  self-repeating  phiz 
that  none  may  miss  his  story. 

4046 

When  several  opinions  are  presented  it  is  easiest  to 
select  one  that  conforms  to  our  own,  and  this  we 
seldom  fail  to  do. 


433 


4047 

religious  thermometer  rises  when  ancient 
idols  are  attacked  by  the  scientific  iconoclast. 
The  higher  the  idols  have  been  placed,  the  more 
precious,  and  the  fiercer  the  fight  to  keep  them  on 
their  pedestals. 

4048 
A  lavish  display  depletes  energy  in  a  day. 

4049 
A  backbiter  waits  for  you  to  turn,  that  he  may  bite  you. 

4050 

Derision  may  amuse  or  it  may  offend,  but  it  never 
convinces. 

4051 

Benevolence  is  not  centered  in  eleemosynary  institu 
tions,  but  lodges  in  a  sympathetic  heart  and  seeks  to 
express  itself  without  ostentation  or  eulogistic  com 
ment. 

4052 

The  contrast  between  a  large  and  a  small  mind  is  not 
so  apparent  until  they  are  arrayed  against  each  other 
in  religion  and  politics. 

4053 

Strong  logic  must  rest  on  absolute  truth  and  justice. 
Weak  logic,  which  is  usually  supported  by  falsehood 
and  error,  is  a  temporary  structure,  which  in  its  fall 
buries  many  beneath  it. 

4054 

As  society  decries  prying  and  Nature  invites  it,  the 
curious  could  make  better  use  of  their  time  by 
questioning  the  latter. 

4055 

It  is  better  to  admit  a  doubt  than  by  silence  to  con 
firm  an  error. 

4056 

He  who  labors  for  humanity  alone,  labors  for  God, 
who  is  not  considered  a  good  paymaster  by  many  who 
refuse  to  work  for  Him  at  all. 


434 


4057 

QROSPERITY   is  not   the   gathering  of  golden 
shekels   nor   yet   the   possession   of  lands   and 
cattle,  but  the  adding  to  and  building  up  of  an 
intellectual  and  spiritual  structure  as  enduring  as  time 
and  eternity. 

4058 

A  strong  steed  for  a  long  journey,  but  a  nimble  foot 
for  speed. 

4059 

Persistence  is  the  key  that  unlocks  the  secret  doors  of 
knowledge. 

4060 

A  greater  evil  than  the  glutton  is  the  tattler,  but 
greater  than  either  is  the  scandal-monger  who  barters 
confidence  for  gain. 

4061 

A  Hottentot  knows  when  a  thing  pleases  him.  What 
more  can  be  said  of  any  critic  ? 

4062 

An  inheritance  of  money  is  convenient,  but  an 
inheritance  of  commonsense  is  an  ancestral  gift  for 
which  the  inheritor  should  never  cease  giving  thanks. 

4063 

Energy  is  most  needed  when  paddling  against  the 
current  of  environment. 

4064 
Elaboration  of  fact  amounts   to   a  plain   falsehood. 

4065 

A  great  intellect  needs  no  advertising  or  vanguards 
to  herald  its  merits  and  superiority. 

4066 

When  the  hammer  strikes  the  nail  on  the  head  we 
have  less  to  say  then  when  it  strikes  the  thumb.  Thus 
are  we  sparing  of  praise  for  good  service  and  loud  of 
complaint  for  blunders. 

4067 
A  comic  song  is  the  froth  of  diversion. 


435 


4068 

PERIODICAL  spree  is  like  unto  a  cyclone, 
twisting  to  the  very  center  all  good  resolves, 
uprooting  promises,  and  destroying  the  growing 
crop  of  reform  that  was  sown  and  watered  with  the 
tears  of  repentance. 

4069 

A  rolling  stone  may  gather  no  moss,  but  a  man  is  sure 
to  gather  considerable  experience  on  his  way  down 
life's  hill. 

4070 

Domestic  dramas  should  never  be  played  before  the 
footlights,  however  often  they  may  have  been  rehearsed 
behind  the  curtain. 

4071 

In  time  of  want  what  hath  a  man  or  woman  left  if 
honor  is  gone? 

4072 

A  stagnant  mind  breeds  disease  as  surely  as  a  stagnant 
pool. 

4073 

In  the  dark  one  can  not  read  the  written  thoughts  of 
man,  but  the  unwritten  ones  are  clearer  than  in  the 
light  of  the  sun. 

4074 

The  liberties  of  the  people  may  be  safely  increased 
according  to  the  increase  of  their  understanding  and 
appreciation. 

4075 

Whoso  lieth  about  his  neighbor  covereth  himself  with 
a  mantle  of  dirt  to  conceal  his  identity. 

4076 

Give  a  man  a  chance  to  rob  you  and  you  ascertain  his 
degree  of  honesty,  but  alas !  not  always  in  time  to 
save  your  wares. 

4077 

Selfishness  is  not  an  agreeable  member  of  the  house 
hold,  as  it  interferes  with  everybody  and  everything 
in  it. 


436 


4078 

Severity  cuts  two  ways  :  it  injures  the  injurer  as  much 
as  the  injured. 

4079 

It  is  fatal  to  friendship  to  make  common  property  of 
the  purse. 

4080 
Love  is  the  star  of  life. 

4081 
Regret  is  the  brother  of  remorse. 

4082 

A  peculiarity  of  hospitality  is  that  it  can  not  maintain 
its  reputation  without  the  assistance  of  its  guests. 

4083 

An  elastic  spirit  yields  more  pleasure  to  its  owner 
when  it  is  not  weighted  with  too  much  gold. 

4084 

A  beautiful  thought  rarely  comes  to  one  whose  mind 
is  engrossed  with  sensuality. 

4085 

A  worse  malady  than  poverty  is  satiety,  and  work  is 
the  only  cure  for  either. 

4086 

The  unalloyed  happiness  in  one's  life  fills  only  a  few 
pages  of  the  threescore  and  ten  chapters  of  the  book. 

4087 

An  ape  can  not  become  a  man,  but  there  is  no  law  of 
society  that  prevents  a  man  from  becoming  an  ape. 

4088 

The  lark  sings  high  in  the  sky  from  inclination ;  like 
wise  do  mortals  sing  high  or  low  as  they  incline. 

4089 

When  a  man  invites  another  to  his  house  and  gives 
him  the  best  in  it,  be  he  prince  or  pauper,  the  guest 
who  grumbles  deserves  the  banishment  that  must 
soon  follow. 


437 


4090 

Gratuitous  help  insures  gratuitous  contempt  from  a 
contemptible  source. 

4091 

The  pinch  of  snuff  may  be  sneezed  at,  but  the  pinch 
of  poverty  may  not. 

4092 

The  doctrine  of  total  depravity  is  evidenced  by  fewer 
than  preach  it. 

4093 

A  seven  days'  wonder  is  the  man  who  from  choice 
eschews  riches  for  poverty. 

4094 

A  hearty  laugh  pleasantly  flavors  the  day. 

4095 

Whosoever  desires  to  engage  successfully  in  the  affairs 
of  life  must  gird  himself  in  youth  for  the  fray. 

4096 

When  the  noonday  sun  of  knowledge  is  shining 
brightly  without,  the  man  who  lives  in  the  cave  of 
ignorance  must  guide  his  shadowy  steps  by  the  dim 
torch  of  faith. 

4097 

The  best  things  in  life  are  as  inexhaustible  as  the 
demand.  They  are  neither  the  great  nor  the  small 
things,  but  such  as  please  the  individual. 

4098 
Pleasure  abounds  most  where  satiety  is  not  known. 

4099 

The  print  of  a  hand  on  the  staircase  of  knowledge 
indicates  that  some  one  has  ascended. 

4100 

Lavish  consideration  of  others  will  not  impoverish 
any  family. 

4101 
Abstinence  is  good  policy  when  inclination  is  near. 


438 


4102 

begins  by  the  individual  cleansing  of 
the  innermost  corners  of  the  mind  and  working 
outward,  for  be  it  not  understood  that  brushing 
the  exterior  will  renovate  the  interior  of  the  taber 
nacle. 

4103 

More  efficacious  is  rebuke  administered  in  silence  than 
in  anger. 

4104 

Labor  may  soil  the  hands  and  bend  the  back,  but 
should  not  break  the  heart  nor  bend  the  spirit. 

4105 

Physical  hunger  decreases,  but  spiritual  hunger 
increases  with  nourishment. 

4106 

A  beautiful  visage  ofttimes  is  more  in  love  with  itself 
than  with  anything  else. 

4107 
A  little  wit  will  parry  the  thrust  of  a  big  blunder. 

4108 
A   fertile   tongue   does  not  bespeak   a   fertile   mind. 

4109 

The  most  menial  service  hath  dignity  when  it  is 
performed  that  another  may  not  lack  comfort. 

4110 

One  must  bore  deep  for  pure  water.  So  must  one  who 
wishes  to  draw  from  the  deep  rivers  of  thought  bore 
through  the  many  strata  until  the  unfailing  flow  of 
inspiration  is  tapped. 

4111 

Silence  is  never  more  commendable  than  when  anger 
knocks  for  admittance. 

4112 

A  vagabond  is  the  product  of  civilization  and  a  guest 
at  large  of  the  entire  globe. 


439 


4113 

A  Hebrew  Bible  and  a  Greek  Testament  are  the  corner 
stones  of  theology,  but  the  mountain-ranges  and  the 
shoreless  seas  mark  the  place  where  science  has  met 
the  eternal  God. 

4114 

Laugh  not  at  the  illiterate,  but  pity,  for  their  defects 
make  them  so  conspicuous  that  they  could  not  be 
modest  if  they  would. 

4115 
An  open  grave  receives  a  corrupt  body,  but  man  never. 

4116 

A  free  and  united  country  is  a  prophetic  dream  yet 
to  be  fulfilled. 

4117 

A  brave  and  honorable  independence  is  preferable  to  a 
king's  domain. 

4118 

A  safe  and  quick  cure  for  adversity  is  a  measure  of 
prosperity  taken  in  small  doses. 

4119 

A  blessing  is  contentment,  for  with  contentment  comes 
peace,  whose  presence  beautifies  the  lowliest  home. 


440 


BOOK  EIGHTEEN 


4120 

HERE  is  an  old  saying  that  if  an 
inch  is  given,  an  ell  will  be  taken. 
Too  true !  too  true !  And  this  is 
the  reason  that  so  many  private 
homes  are  barricaded  against 
public  invasion.  The  masses,  by 
their  depredations,  draw  a  line 
between  themselves  and  the  art- 
treasures  contained  in  great  mansions. 
The  earmark  of  vandalism,  the  unrefined  rich  and  the 
unrefined  poor  have  put  upon  themselves !  They  have 
writ  an  outdoor  warning  against  their  admittance. 
Behold  the  hacked  trees,  the  mutilated  branches,  the 
lettered  seats,  inscribed  rocks  and  the  littered  way ! 
Until  these  signs  cease,  ye  shall  know^that  it  is  not 
wise  to  live  with  open  doors,  and  the  ten  righteous 
will  not  save  the  many  from  condemnation. 

4121 

On  holidays  wear  your  broadest  smile.  On  holy  days 
laughter  is  forbidden,  that  your  behavior  become  the 
occasion. 

4122 

A  loud  calling  indicates  the  whereabouts  of  the 
caller,  but  not  necessarily  of  the  called. 

4123 

A  pleasant  morning  is  frequently  followed  by  a 
stormy  evening  and  it  is  not  safe  to  predict  that  the 
closing  days  of  life  will  be  like  the  morning  hours. 

4124 

A  stoic  affects  indifference  but  the  human  heart  craves 
sympathy,  it  matters  not  how  much  wrapped  it  may 
be  from  public  observation. 

4125 

A  heart  full  of  sympathy  and  a  head  full  of  sense  are 
the  essential  requisites  for  the  making  of  a  good 
citizen. 


443 


4126 

vanity  and  impertinence  of  tardiness  are 
intolerable.  Presuming  that  the  assembled 
company  has  sustained  a  loss,  tardiness  loads 
itself  with  apologies  and  dispenses  them  with  much 
ado  on  arrival. 

4127 
Old  age  is  not  the  time  to  prepare  for  battle. 

4128 

It  is  no  man's  business  to  exploit  his  neighbors'  affairs 
unless  he  be  hired  for  that  purpose. 

4129 

A  familiar  but  always  laughable  farce  is  a  nobody 
trying  to  play  the  part  of  a  somebody. 

4130 

The  dearest  spot  on  earth  is  home  when  home  contains 
the  heart. 

4131 
A  sweet  disposition  is  as  pleasing  as  the  odor  of  violets. 

4132 

The  mist  of  disappointment  vanishes  with  the  sunny 
rays  of  hope. 

4133 

A  bestial  man  has  no  counterpart  amongst  the 
animals,  for  they  lead  clean  lives. 

4134 

The  liability  of  misfortune  to  overtake  and  devour 
riches  makes  the  journey  of  the  latter,  one  of  extreme 
anxiety  and  peril. 

4135 

The  highest  authority  on  ethics  is  founded  on  experi 
ence  and  preserved  in  books. 

4136 

It  is  difficult  to  arbitrate  questions  of  domestic 
economy  when  there  are  several  minds  in  the  family 
each  claiming  supremacy. 


4137 

GHERE   is   naught   to   sustain   the   theory   that 
man  was  created  in  the  image  of  God,  but  it  is 
quite  true  to  say  that  God  is  created  in  man's 
mind   and  as   grows   the   mind   so   grows   the   image 
until  personality  is  lost  in  universality. 

4138 

Great  fortunes  are  annually  spent  in  laying  the 
foundations  of  misery. 

4139 

To  disarm  suspicion  when  investigation  demands 
admittance,  open  the  door  at  once. 

4140 

Sincere  and  homely  phrasing  is  more  musical  than  the 
rhythmic  words  of  hypocrisy. 

4141 

The  vicious  yearly  spend  enough  money,  time  and 
energy  to  build  their  own  prisons. 

4142 

Noble  heroism  unrecognized  by  the  public  :  the  con 
stant  effort  of  the  good  wife  to  reform  the  dissipated 
husband. 

4143 

Keep  the  children  near  Nature  and  you  keep  them 
near  God. 

4144 

Theocracy  wears  on  its  head  a  thorny  crown, 
And  on  its  face  a  cruel  frown. 

4145 

The  truth-seeker  leads  a  lonelier  life  than  the  money- 
seeker,  but  in  the  end  the  first  is  rich  and  the  last  is 
poor. 

4146 

Confession  may  ease  the  mind  but  it  does  not  remove 
the  tracing  of  a  sin  which  is  deeply  and  lastingly 
graven  on  the  tablet  of  memory. 


445 


4147 

the  laborer  desires  truth  and  justice  more 
than  aught  else  he  shall  rise  and  shine.  But  woe 
unto  him  who  in  his  heart  lays  low  the  palaces 
of  civilization.  Truly  the  righteous  abhor  destruction ; 
only  barbarians  seek  it. 

4148 

Daily  intercourse  with  the  rude  blurs  the  polish  of 
fine  manners. 

4149 

Creeds  have  bound  more  minds  than  science  can  in  a 
long  time  release. 

4150 

It  were  better  to  place  a  rubber  doll  in  the  halls  of 
legislation  than  a  man  with  a  rubber  conscience ;  the 
former  would  neither  do  mischief  nor  take  a  bribe, 
the  latter  does  little  else. 

4151 

A  hermit  should  be  the  happiest  of  men — always  in 
love  with  himself  and  no  one  to  rouse  his  jealousy. 

4152 

A^ variety  of  seasoning  added  in  proper  quantities  to 
the  domestic  salad  makes  it  more  relishable  than 
plain  greens  every  day. 

4153 

It  is  a  fact  that  the  less  a  brag  knows  about  a  subject 
the  more  determined  is  he  to  let  it  be  known. 

4154 

One  would  have  to  be  ten  feet  high  to  overlook  the 
faults  of  others,  but  only  a  pigmy  to  overlook  one's 
own. 

4155 

The  better  way  to  serve  an  enemy  is  to  forget  him ; 
and  should  you  meet,  convey  this  idea  to  him,  then 
his  anger  may  be  turned  to  shame  and  you  be  master 
of  the  field. 

4156 
It  is  impossible  for  a  little  mind  to  fill  a  large  space. 


446 


4157 

^^| — 'F  I  were  Santa  Claus  I  would  load  my  sleigh 
with  Liberty  Bells,  and  every  boy  and  every 
^"^^  girl  in  the  land  should  have  one,  and  every  day 
they  should  chime  until  man,  woman  and  child  became 
acquainted  with  the  true  significance  of  the  beautiful 
word  and  learn  to  love  and  value  and  honor  liberty, 
the  holiest  of  human  privileges. 

4158 

A  lack  of  tender  sentiment  makes  life  a  sandy  desert, 
across  which  the  journey  is  tiresome,  lonely  and 
monotonous. 

4159 

A  slave  is  every  man  who  permits  another  to  dictate 
his  politics  and  his  religion — those  are  things  that 
should  be  selected  without  coercion. 

4160 

Straws  blow  with  the  wind,  but  rocks  do  not ;  therefore 
be  a  rock  if  you  do  not  wish  to  be  tossed  about  with 
every  turn  of  the  weather-vane. 

4161 

The  anticipation  of  pleasure  carries  one  beyond  a 
matter  of  fact,  consequently  the  reality  is  not  so 
pleasant  as  expectation. 

4162 

To  see  straight  one  must  look  straight  and  not  squint 
around  corners  and  then  wonder  why  everything  and 
everybody  appears  crooked  and  out  of  line. 

4163 

Whirling  at  a  terrific  rate  of  speed  is  the  round  globe, 
but  it  is  as  a  snail's  pace  compared  with  the  flight  of 
thought,  whose  swiftness  knows  no  limit. 

4164 

Friendship  is  but  a  name  unless  the  opportunity  has 
been  offered  and  promptly  accepted  to  perform  some 
service  requiring  self-sacrifice. 


447 


4165 

are  oftener  made  by  vice  and  sloth 
than  by  industry  and  frugality,  and  if  this 
statement  were  posted  on  the  doors  and  lintels 
of  civilization,  it  might  make  the  careless  careful  and 
the  wasteful  frugal. 

4166 

Place  before  a  child  the  best  pictures  of  life  and  he 
will  copy  them. 

4167 

He  who  turns  from  truth  will  accompany  falsehood 
to  the  brink  of  destruction. 

4168 

When  guilt  is  added  to  the  ordinary  luggage  of  life, 
it  outweighs  all  joy. 

4169 

Horticulture  has  two  pleasant  ways :  the  morning 
walk  of  industry  and  the  evening  stroll  of  contentment. 

4170 

A  sharp  wit  makes  bold  to  play  upon  the  follies  of 
others,  but  incidentally  he  touches  upon  his  own 
foibles,  which  keeps  him  on  the  plane  of  other  men. 

4171 

A  variety  performance  gives  more  rest  to  the  mind 
than  a  continuous  play :  so  it  is  with  daily'occupation. 

4172 

A  vain  fowl  does  not  conceal  vanity  with  spreading 
feathers,  neither  does  a  vain  woman,  however  much 
she  may  pretend. 

4173 

Idleness  hath  no  dignity,  but  makes  a  pretense  of 
superiority  that  would  amuse  did  it  not  cast  the 
burden  of  living  on  others. 

4174 

A  leaky  house  that  stands  on  a  hill  has  no  advantage 
over  a  leaky  house  that  stands  on  a  plain.  Neither 
is  one  lie  better  than  another. 


448 


4175 

the  village  doctor  and  the  parson  are  entrusted 
many  secrets,  but  the  gossips  declare  themselves 
the  rightful  custodians  of  all  public  and  private 
affairs  and  possess  themselves  in  a  degree  most  per 
plexing  to  honest  folk. 

4176 

A   generous   supply   of  conceit   enables  one   to   talk 
confidently  if  not  convincingly. 

4177 

Decency  forbids  the  association  of  truth  and  false 
hood. 

4178 

Few  should  have  wealth,  for  few  are  not  the  worse  for 
its  possession. 

4179 

A  dwarfed  body  excites  more  curiosity  than  a  dwarfed 
mind,  the  latter  being  so  common  as  to  pass  unnoticed. 

4180 

Love  of  excitement  is  the  forerunner  of  discontent,  and 
discontent  is   the   quick   destroyer  of  domestic   life. 

4181 

The  ship  of  state  is  ever  in  more  danger  of  foundering 
in    a    religious    hurricane    than    in    a    political    gale. 

4182 

The  breadwinners  and  the  caretakers  are  not  so  soon 
forgotten  as  the  idlers  and  the  merrymakers. 

4183 

Habitual    intemperance    and    habitual    failure    abide 
much  together. 

4184 

The  energy  wasted  to  ruin  one  life  would  provide  for 
several. 

4185 

The  wings  of  mercy  are  wide  enough  to  brood  the 
whole  human  family. 


449 


4186 

ONE  by  one  the  leaves  of  the  rose  unfold  and 
exhale  their  heavenly  perfume ;  then  they  fall 
to  the  ground  and  the  spirit  floats  aloft  to  bud 
and  blossom  in  the  upper  world  of  thought  and  beauty. 
Likewise  the  soul  of  man. 

4187 

A  common  saying  is  that  when  a  man  dies  that  is  the 
end  of  him,  but  it  would  seem  nearer  the  truth  to  say 
it  is  the  beginning. 

4188 

The  favorite  pastime  of  old  and  young  is  the  chase  for 
money.  The  majority  are  poorly  mounted  or  are 
inferior  riders,  consequently  many  are  ditched  and 
thrown  at  the  outset,  only  one  now  and  then  securing 
a  brush. 

4189 

An  accumulation  of  titles  is  part  of  the  rubbish 
gathered  in  royal  life. 

4190 

No  person,  unless  small  indeed,  can  crawl  through  the 
little  end  of  the  horn  of  experience  without  being 
squeezed. 

4191 

When  one  is  prompted  to  do  a  kind  or  generous  act 
and  is  restrained  by  poverty,  the  thought  must  be 
placed  to  one's  credit. 

4192 

As  lamentable  as  failure  is,  it  is  kinder  than  success 
when  success  destroys  those  upon  whom  it  falls. 

4193 

To  have  a  beautiful  mind  one  must  cultivate  beautiful 
thoughts  that  they  may  spring  up  and  blossom  in 
season. 

4194 

The  ingenuity  of  man  has  suggested  many  contri 
vances  to  prevent  stealing,  but  has  concerned  little 
to  prevent  lying. 


450 


4195 

wit  and  humor,  sense  and  logic,  pathos 
and  poetry,  expressed  in  a  single  day,  were  it 
recorded,  would  be  a  marvelous  revelation  of 
human  life  and  in  ages  to  come  might  be  the  atom 
upon  which  to  build  a  new  bible. 

4196 

Religion  is  offered  so  freely  that  the  world  does  not 
seem  very  anxious  for  it. 

4197 
Ostracism  is  not  harder  to  bear  than  mere  toleration. 

4198 

Badges  of  distinction  are  more  frequently  worn  than 
medals  of  honor. 

4199 
If  a  man  love  the  truth  he  will  search  for  it. 

4200 

Close  upon  the  heels  of  time  treads  experience,  but  it 
has  never  been  known  to  overtake  it, 

4201 

A  fortune  does  not  wait  long  for  a  claimant,  but  a 
claimant  may  wait  forever  for  a  fortune. 

4202 

The  majority  of  men  make  better  citizens  than 
presidents,  though  few  could  be  so  persuaded  were  the 
chair  within  reach. 

4203 

One  must  have  strong  vision  to  see  his  neighbor's 
interest  as  clearly  as  his  own. 

4204 

It  is  a  delicate  experiment  to  trifle  with  expectations ; 
they  so  often  take  offense  and  leave  altogether. 

4205 

Folly  laughs  gaily  in  company,  but  when  alone  it 
wears  the  face  of  death. 


451 


4206 

full  civilization  abides  with  us,  locks,  bars 
and  bolts  will  disappear,  and  until  that  time 
man  is  but  a  pretender  to  high  place,  a  vain 
bragging  creature  with  nothing  but  platitudes  to  offer 
in  defense  of  his  unworthy  state. 

4207 

A  visionary  man  is  more  interested  in  the  future  than 
in  present  events,  and  therefore  misses  much  of  profit. 

4208 

No  man  owes  respect  to  authority  that  partakes  of 
brutality. 

4209 

A  lake  of  fire  and  brimstone  is  not  more  terrible  to 
contemplate  than  an  eternity  of  idleness. 

4210 

Depression  follows  exaltation  as  the  valley  lies  below 
the  mountain. 

4211 

Many  mistake  solicitude  for  kindness  when  it  is  only 
interference. 

4212 

A  sad  heart  may  seek  the  companionship  of  gay 
laughter,  but  gay  laughter  does  not  fraternize  with  a 
sad  heart  from  choice. 

4213 

Every  holiday  is  a  trump-card  in  the  fifty-two  weeks' 
shuffle  of  the  year. 

4214 

A  babe  born  in  a  manger  may  some  day  be  a  leader 
of  men,  but  should  he  so  born  elect  to  always  live  in 
that  manger,  probably  no  one  would  waste  time  and 
energy  trying  to  cast  him  out. 

4215 

When  a  priest  reads  your  horoscope  his  predictions 
concerning  your  future  are  not  very  consoling  if  your 
theology  differs  from  his. 


452 


4216 

plumed  knight  and  the  lady  are  they  called 
in  romantic  history,  who  dally  with  Cupid ;  but 
in  real  life  they  are  as  often  the  scullery-maid 
and  the  scavenger,  because  Cupid  has  no  favorites 
and  is  not  a  respecter  of  persons. 

4217 

Whatsoever  a  man  has  to  do  let  him  do  it  well,  as 
perchance  it  is  his  final  work  and  his  only  monument. 

4218 

Silence  when  bought  with  a  principle  is  an  extravagant 
purchase. 

4219 
Vulgarity  is  not  a  friend  even  to  itself. 

4220 

If  our  arisen  friends  witness  our  frantic  efforts  and 
miserable  failures  to  become  suddenly  rich,  may  we 
not  ourselves  keep  them  in  purgatory  longer  than  any 
deserve  ? 

4221 

The  ties  of  true  love  are  never  broken  ;  the  silver  cord 
will  stretch  from  earth  to  heaven. 

4222 

The  best  advocates  of  a  cause  are  those  who  love  it 
better  than  themselves. 

4223 

A  sudden  change  of  front  exposes  one's  back  to  con 
siderable  danger. 

4224 

The  past  is  a  wilderness  of  mistakes,  and  should  you 
now  be  midway  on  your  journey,  the  future  contains 
as  many  more. 

4225 

Who  would  think  of  determining  the  quality  of  a 
man's  brain  by  the  cut  and  color  of  his  hair  !  Yet  this 
is  no  more  absurd  than  determining  a  man's  worth 
by  the  cut  and  quality  of  his  apparel. 


453 


4226 

weighty  responsibilities  that  fall  upon  the 
wealthy  are  quickly  perceived  by  the  poor, 
who  are  ever  desirous  of  shouldering  the  burden, 
not  so  much  with  a  desire  to  help  the  rich  as  to  change 
places  with  them. 

4227 

A  happy  turn  of  thought  gives  the  mind  a  holiday, 
but  a  despondent  twist  makes  it  slave  from  morn  till 
morn. 

4228 

When  the  debate  is  too  long  the  points  grow  dull. 

4229 

One  may  shout  victory  when  one  can  live  without 
care. 

4230 

When  interference  takes  the  place  of  advice,  it  is 
intolerable. 

4231 

You  can  not  determine  the  depth  of  the  pocket  by 
the  length  of  the  coat. 

4232 

A  long  head  serves  as  well  as  a  long  purse  in  times  of 
perplexity,  but  when  the  two  are  associated  obstacles 
disappear  as  if  by  magic. 

4233 

A  welcome  guest  is  he  who  comes  with  a  smiling 
countenance  and  a  merry  word. 

4234 

Why  should  the  poor  feel  flattered  when  noticed  by 
the  rich,  and  why  should  the  rich  feel  condescension 
when  addressing  the  poor — are  they  not  all  brothers 
and  sisters,  and  God  their  common  father? 

4235 

A  suitable  place  for  the  casting  of  a  doubt  is  in  the 
stream  of  knowledge,  where  the  clear,  swift  current 
will  carry  it  far  away. 


454 


4236 

BCCORDING  to  means  and  opportunity  there 
is  no  more  and  no  less  charity  amongst  the  poor 
than  amongst  the  rich.  Both  keep  well  within 
their  own  territory,  and  it  is  only  when  they  step  over 
the   line   that   the  public  hears   of  their   generosity. 

4237 
A  pepper-pod  is  not  sharper  than  temporary  authority. 

4238 

The  best  witnesses  for  truth  are  those  who  are  best 
acquainted  with  it. 

4239 
An    enduring    monument — the    shaft    of    integrity. 

4240 

How  realistic  and  awful  the  picture  the  mind  draws 
of  a  lake  of  fire  and  brimstone — but  who  is  wicked 
enough  to  sketch  the  face  of  a  dear  friend  struggling 
and  suffering  therein? 

4241 

A  deliberate,  malicious,  revengful  lie  is  a  triple- 
headed  monster  that  truth  slays  with  considerable 
difficulty  and  delay. 

4242 

The  most  far-reaching  thought  of  man  will  never 
penetrate  the  sanctuary  of  the  living  God  of  the 
universe. 

4243 

A  beautiful  object  is  an  inspiration,  and  an  inspiration 
is  a  breath  of  divinity. 

4244 

A  dried  mind  is  as  unsatisfactory  as  a  dried  apple. 
The  substitute  can  never  fill  the  place  of  the  fresh 
and  juicy  fruit. 

4245 

Your  dullest  guest  may  be  the  most  appreciative  of  the 
choice  viands  and  rare  vintages  placed  before  him, 
and  your  brightest  the  most  indifferent  to  quality 
and  service. 


455 


4246 

man  is  seized  with  a  sudden 
impulse  to  give,  violent  reaction  is  sure  to 
follow,  therefore  it  is  well  to  watch  symptoms 
closely  at  the  beginning  and  take  advantage  of  any 
favorable  sign. 

4247 

Success  depends  more  upon  determination  than 
circumstances . 

4248 

To  hide  behind  the  door  of  conviction  and  keep  silent 
when  some  one  knocks  for  an  answer  evidences  the 
coward  within. 

4249 
A  wayward  youth  is  a  signboard  on  a  disgraced  house. 

4250 

It  is  a  great  achievement  to  root  out  prejudice,  whether 
it  grow  in  your  own  or  your  neighbor's  field. 

4251 

The  most  fortunate  individual  in  the  world  is  the 
wisest  one.  Then  it  naturally  follows  that  the  most 
unfortunate  is  the  most  unwise. 

4252 

Who  ever  saw  a  savage  running  after  religion  unless 
he  was  chased  by  a  missionary? 

4253 

A  drunken  man  looks  at  his  friends  through  drunken 
eyes  and  judges  them  accordingly. 

4254 

Ten  thousand  shouting  voices  could  not  drown  the 
voice  of  conscience. 

4255 

The  husbandman  must  toil  that  he  may  reap.  The 
fisherman  must  follow  the  stream  to  fish.  Yet  how 
many  expect  the  blessings  of  life  to  come  without 
effort  and  the  fish  to  bite  on  dry  land. 


456 


4256 

becomingness  of  poverty  and  the  unbecom- 
ingness  of  wealth  is  not  a  subject  for  a  popular 
lecture ;  but  the  thought  protrudes  itself  when 
one  sees  vulgarity  arrayed  in  extreme  fashion  and 
refinement  shabbily  covered. 

4257 

A  valiant  effort  in  behalf  of  justice  endows  one  with 
courage  to  defend  the  weak. 

4258 

The  sanctity  of  matrimony  has  been  well-nigh 
destroyed  by  money  and  jests. 

4259 

A  noble  life  needs  no  creed  but  brotherly  love  to 
insure  salvation. 

4260 

An  adamantine  heart  can  only  be  softened  by  the 
trip-hammer  of  disciplinary  experience. 

4261 

It  is  more  enduring  to  crown  the  immortal  mind  with 
truth  than  to  wear  upon  the  mortal  brow  the  gems 
of  earth. 

4262 

How  deep  the  silence  of  a  living  soul,  its  breathing 
scarce  felt  by  mortal  who  nearest  is. 

4263 

A  welcome  suitor  is  he  who  comes  with  a  full  purse 
in  one  hand  and  a  full  heart  in  the  other. 

4264 

There  is  sure  to  be  a  fine  kettle  of  fish  when  two 
lovers  are  angling  in  the  same  brook. 

4265 

It  may  not  be  a  secret  to  all,  but  it  is  to  a  few,  that 
the  chief  hindrance  to  heroism  is  lack  of  the  quality 
itself. 


457 


4266 

GARE  is  especially  needed  in  the  rearing  of  good 
citizens,  but  alas !  insufficient  is  exercised,  and 
behold  the  result  in  the  prison-houses,  asylums 
and  infirmaries,  and  the  knaves,  the  fools  and  the 
cruel  in  public  places. 

4267 

The  halcyon  hours  of  matrimony  are  those  preceding 
arguments,  and  the  most  incompatible  those  following. 

4268 

Nowhere  in  the  great  wide  world  is  there  so  much 
need  of  pity  as  for  the  brute  creation  in  their  feeble 
ness  to  make  known  their  sufferings. 

4269 
Carnal  appetite  brings  death  to  him  who  indulges  it. 

4270 

A  lascivious  thought  or  act  is  a  swift  run  down  the 
hill  of  destruction. 

4271 

It  is  no  greater  sin  to  poison  the  body  than  to  poison 
the  mind,  but  mental  suicide  is  not  recorded  amongst 
the  namable  sins  of  commission. 

4272 

It  is  easier  to  walk  leisurely  along  a  smooth  road  than 
to  run  over  a  rough  one,  and  this  is  the  difference 
between  competency  and  penury. 

4273 

Thou  hast  much  joy  if  thou  canst  speak  thy  thoughts 
with  tone,  form  and  color. 

4274 

Abundant  wine  makes  abundant  folly,  and  the  ripple 
that  is  set  in  motion  gathers  until  it  breaks  in  a  great 
wave  on  the  shore  of  society. 

4275 

An  enemy  is  not  a  good  thing  to  stumble  upon  sud 
denly,  and  he  is  safest  who  makes  fewest. 


458 


4276 

, EAR  in  mind,  ye  bonnie  lassies,  though  Cupid 
follows  no  prescribed  route  and  may  jump 
fences  and  run  about  in  most  eccentric  fashion, 
you  are  just  as  liable  to  meet  him  coming  through  the 
door  as  coming  through  the  rye. 

4277 

If  ninety  and  nine  prophets  fail  and  one  is  true,  that 
one  will  be  remembered  and  the  ninety  and  nine  will 
be  forgotten. 

4278 

A  beautiful  lake  so  clear  and  deep  that  everything 
that  floats  on  its  surface  is  reflected  beneath — such  is 
the  immortal  soul. 

4279 

The  world  smiles  and  bows  low  to  prosperity,  but 
prosperity  is  not  always  in  humor  to  return  the  salute 
graciously. 

4280 

A  wild  Indian  knows  as  much  about  God  as  the  most 
learned  theologian,  but  doubtless  each  would  claim 
to  be  the  wiser. 

4281 

Loud  is  the  complaint  against  sinning,  yet  those  who 
complain  keep  on  sinning  and  expect  others  to  abandon 
sin  at  the  tooting  of  a  horn. 

4282 

Matrimony  is  sacred  when  love  is  ever  present,  but 
marriage  does  not  create  love  and  without  it  husband 
and  wife  are  without  companion. 

4283 

To  better  understand  the  spiritual  laws  of  being  it  is 
well  to  enter  psychological  realms,  gathering  fragments 
from  everywhere. 

4284 

A  grain  of  sand  is  a  smaller  thing  on  the  beach  than 
in  the  eye,  and  so  are  the  troubles  of  others  compared 
with  our  own. 


459 


4285 

are  two  signs  at  every  turning — one  is 
revelry  and  danger,  and  the  other  is  sobriety 
and  safety — but  travelers  either  do  not  read  or 
do  not  heed,  for  they  as  often  go  the  dangerous  as  the 
safe  way. 

4286 

A  wise  head  permits  but  a  little  wisdom  to  escape  at 
a  time. 

4287 

The  only  antidote  for  ennui  is  labor  in  some  of  the 
many  fields  of  usefulness. 

4288 

Blighted  affection  is  the  frost  of  an  approaching 
Winter  of  loneliness. 

4289 

A  conservative  estimate  of  the  sins  of  humanity  would 
place  them  well  in  advance  of  their  virtues,  did  not 
virtue  stand  in  the  ratio  of  gold  to  the  baser  metals. 

4290 

The  best  test  of  a  man's  sincerity  is  his  adherence  to 
a  principle  that  is  antagonistic  to  his  personal  interest. 

4291 

The  love  of  freedom  is  so  strong  in  some  natures  that 
without  it  they  perish,  and  with  such,  restraint  of 
body  is  less  torturous  than  encasement  of  mind  in  a 
religious  or  political  straitjacket. 

4292 

A  river  of  truth  flows  through  the  plains  of  error  that 
is  turned  at  intervals  upon  the  thirsty  sands,  that 
fruit  and  grain  may  grow  thereon  for  the  diligent 
husbandman  who  toils  for  knowledge. 

4293 

A  trustworthy  servant  of  the  people  laughs  at  personal 
gain  and  will  turn  his  back  on  his  own  interests 
whenever  the  public  welfare  is  better  conserved  by  his 
antagonist. 


460 


4294 

0IVE  us  this  day  our  daily  bread  is  the  universal 
prayer ;   but   with    all   the   pleading   many   go 
hungry,  not  even  the  crumbs  falling  to  their 
lot.  Who  then  will  dare  say  that  God  heareth  and 
answereth  hunger's  prayer !   It  is   thy  brother  who 
must  share  his  loaf ;  it  is  thy  sister  who  gives  of  the 
crumbs  ;  it  is  thyself  who  must  cease  to  be  selfish  :  and 
all  must  abandon  greed  and  strive  to  be  just. 

4295 
Wit  barbed  with  cruelty  is  fatal  to  friendship. 

4296 

A  foe  may  wear  the  face  of  a  friend,  but  a  friend  will 
never  wear  the  face  of  a  foe. 

4297 

A  hundred  tails  will  not  make  a  lion  nor  a  thousand 
trunks  an  elephant.  Wherefore  then  complain  that 
individuals  are  what  they  are  and  demand  impos 
sibilities  ? 

4298 

Correct  diction  is  the  fine  raiment  of  thought,  and  its 
adornment  the  white  rose  of  purity. 

4299 

The  fearless  advocacy  of  a  cause  does  not  prove  that 
cause  just.  Error  has  ever  been  as  valiantly  cham 
pioned  as  the  right. 

4300 

If  a  man  love  his  neighbor  as  himself  he  will  befriend 
him  and  defend  him. 

4301 

Wherever  one  may  go,  one  will  find  selfishness  and 
injustice  under  the  same  roof.  They  are  inseparable. 

4302 

The  percentage  of  falsehoods  is  so  out  of  proportion 
to  the  exact  truth  that  the  answer  is  not  written  in 
the  key  of  moral  arithmetic. 


461 


4303 

is  comforting  to  most  Christians  to  look  for- 
ward  to  death  as  the  time  of  rest.  Whether 
because  of  overwork  or  love  of  ease,  the  thought 
is  not  one  that  will  spur  to  action  any  dormant  faculty 
or  rouse  the  ambition  of  any  one,  and  were  better  left 
behind  with  the  old  doctrines  and  beliefs  than  carried 
along  with  the  new. 

4304 

A  grain  will  turn  the  scales  either  way,  and  as  words 
are  but  grains  in  the  affairs  of  life  they  should  be 
accurate. 

4305 

A  lengthy  argument  widens  the  breach  of  misunder 
standing. 

4306 
Virtue  attends  every  one  who  will  permit. 

4307 

A  pointed  story  is  better  than  a  blunt  fact  to  pry 
open  a  dull  mind. 

4308 

If  the  weak  were  compelled  to  rise  when  they  first  fall, 
fewer  would  fall  a  second  time. 


462 


BOOK  NINETEEN 


4309 

UR  loss  is  incalculable  when  we 
put  aside  useful  employment  to 
sit  with  folded  hands.  Our  brains 
wither  when  we  no  longer  work. 
There  are  so  many  services  that 
brother  can  render  brother  that 
idleness  seems  unnatural.  Poets, 
dreamers  of  dreams,  the  chroniclers 
of  truth,  writers  of  music  and  the  interpreters  of  master 
compositions,  the  artists,  the  artisans,  hewers  of 
wood  and  drawers  of  water,  all  these  are  aids  to  noble 
living ;  but  luckless  are  they  who  toil  not,  are  vain  of 
their  indolence,  and  show  contempt  for  honest  normal 
life. 

4310 

An  agent  of  Beelzebub  is  the  person  who  goes  about 
gathering  gossip  to  retail. 

4311 
Innocence  hath  no  redress  when  despoiled. 

4312 

Moral  sanitation  is  the  last  thought  that  reaches  an 
unclean  mind. 

4313 

Amusements,  like  medicine,  should  be  taken  in  small 
doses  and  not  too  frequently,  lest  injury  instead  of 
benefit  follow. 

4314 

A  thought  may  reach  the  Pleiades,  but  God  never,  for 
He  is  without  location  and  beyond  the  limit  of  finite 
mind,  and  therefore  remains  unthinkable  and  unknow 
able. 

4315 

Socialism  will  not  civilize  the  masses.  Civilization's 
hope  is  the  individual  constantly  arising  from  the 
masses. 

4316 

An  appetite  for  rum  no  man  can  indulge  and  walk  the 
highway  of  propriety  and  happiness. 


465 


4317 

[HEN  the  sunlight  appears  in  the  East,  men 
happily  exclaim,  "It  is  day."  When  it  dis 
appears  in  the  West,  they  say,  "  The  night 
cometh  on."  But  when  the  first  bright  ray  of  science 
peers  over  the  mountains  of  ignorance,  pious  people 
predict  darkness ;  and  when  it  vanishes  for  a  time, 
they  joyfully  exclaim,  "  The  morning  light  is  break 
ing !"  Wherefore  this  twist  in  the  mental  vision? 

4318 

Evolution  makes  good  possible. 

4319 

He  who  slays  a  brother  surrenders  himself  to  endless 
bondage  to  the  crime. 

4320 

The  tender  vine  of  childhood  reaches  out  with  its 
dainty  tendrils  and  clings  to  a  leafless  tree  or  a  bent 
limb  with  as  much  affection  as  to  a  perfect  support. 

4321 

Simplicity  is  ever  beautiful,  but  more  especially  with 
the  face  of  innocence. 

4322 

A  misunderstanding  that  can  not  be  cleared  with  a 
line  can  not  be  righted  with  a  chapter. 

4323 

A  man's  fortune  may  consist  of  knowledge  or  gold  or 
both,  but  certain  it  is  that  only  the  former  can  he 
take  to  the  land  of  the  soul,  whither  he  must  migrate 
whenever  Death  commands  him. 

4324 

There  are  lay-figures  in  society  as  in  shop-windows 
who  continually  turn  on  a  pivot  for  onlookers  to 
admire. 

4325 

It  is  not  known  that  a  vain  man  is  more  diffident 
about  exhibiting  for  admiration  than  a  vain  woman. 


466 


4326 

HINE  raiment  is  easily  obtainable,  but  the  fine 
deportment  that  should  properly  go  with  it, 
unfortunately  is  not  for  sale,  and  coarser  garb 
would  be  more  fitting  for  buyers  who  are  conspic 
uously  in  need  of  the  latter. 

4327 

The  most  perfect  outward  beauty  is  as  naught  when 
compared  with  the  beauty  of  unselfish  devotion,  that 
hides  under  the  mantle  of  hardships  to  serve  its  loved 
ones. 

4328 

When  women  are  permitted  to  participate  in  the 
affairs  of  state,  men  will  pay  more  attention  to  their 
sworn  duty  or  be  distanced  in  the  race  for  honors. 

4329 

Two  thousand  years  ago  it  was  written  that  no  man 
had  seen  the  Father  at  any  time,  and  we  know  there 
has  been  no  meeting  since. 

4330 

Reverence  becomes  youth  and  glorifies  old  age,  but 
to  reverence  error  is  to  scoff  at  truth. 

4331 

Bread  is  the  staff  of  life  and  butter  is  a  gold  head  upon 
it. 

4332 

Lassie,  if  a  man  flatter  thee,  ask  thyself  candidly  if  he 
be  not  thinking  of  himself. 

4333 

Our  days  are  like  wool  upon  the  distaff  of  Time,  and 
the  coarseness  or  fineness  of  the  web  will  be  according 
to  the  thread  that  we  spin. 

4334 

No  system  of  religion  should  meet  with  more  favor 
than  that  founded  on  the  divinity  of  man,  the  dignity 
of  birth  and  the  majesty  of  death. 


467 


4335 

[HOULD  the  angels  listen  to  all  the  scandals  of 
mortals  they  could  not  rise  to  their  fair  realms, 
so  weighted  would  they  be  with  filthy  mire. 
How  then  can  a  man  expect  to  rise  when  he  loads  him 
self  with  all  abominations  ? 

4336 

A  scapegoat  is  to  be  pitied,  for  not  only  must  it  bear 
its  own  iniquities  but  all  that  the  ungodly  can  pile  on. 

4337 
When  the  wicked  espouse  a  good  cause  it  is  delayed. 

4338 

Sin  is  discord.  Righteousness  is  harmony,  and  when 
righteousness  prevails  heaven  listens. 

4339 

A  babe  sleeping  in  innocence  composes  the  mind ;  but 
to  gaze  upon  the  countenance  of  sleeping  age  brings 
more  of  awe,  it  is  so  akin  to  the  rest  that  overshadows, 

4340 

Every  time  a  truth  is  spoken,  its  echo  is  heard  through 
out  the  universe. 

4341 

Kind  words  are  not  the  exclusive  property  of  the  rich, 
but  everybody  can  bestow  them  whenever  inclined 
without  counting  the  cost. 

4342 

The  circumference  of  a  thought  can  not  be  greater 
than  the  circumference  of  the  mind. 

4343 

Man  in  his  search  for  God  is  like  a  child  in  the  dark 
crying  for  light  when  there  is  no  one  to  hear. 

4344 

Every  line  that  is  written  in  the  great  book  of  Life 
is  corrected  by  the  hand  of  Time. 


468 


4345 

HOOK    at    the    surging    multitude    with     their 
crutches,  canes  and  props.  No  one  walks  erect 
— no,  not  one.  Some  hobble  on  the  crutch  of 
prevarication  and  deceit;  others  limp  with  covetous- 
ness  and  dishonesty ;  others  are  bent  with  selfishness 
and  greed,  lust  and  pride,  and  so  many  other  abomi 
nations   that  even   the   good   are   bowed   with   grief. 

4346 

It  is  pleasurable  to  have  our  virtues  told,  but  to  have 
our  sins  exploited  makes  the  narrator  unbearable. 

4347 

Timidity  frequently  keeps  genius  in  the  background, 
but  it  does  not  prevent  mediocrity  from  appearing  in 
the  foreground. 

4348 

Modesty  is  the  most  becoming  garment  that  superior 
ity  can  put  on. 

4349 

Conservatism  hangs  on  the  car  of  progress,  but  like 
the  small  lad  behind  a  wagon  it  falls  off  when  the  pace 
is  quickened. 

4350 

A  great  amount  of  energy  is  expended  in  pursuing 
Fashion,  but  it  runs  so  swiftly  that  it  is  never  over 
taken. 

4351 

True  heroism  is  an  expression  of  pure  love,  very 
beautiful  and  very  rare. 

4352 

If  the  newly  born  should  count  all  day  and  night 
throughout  the  threescore  years  allotted  to  human  life, 
the  number  reached  would  not  express  relatively  a  day 
of  eternity. 

4353 

There  are  a  great  many  balloons  in  society  and  it  takes 
much  gas  to  raise  them,  but  the  throng  seem  not  to 
tire  of  the  performance. 


469 


4354 

EET  any  man  who  thinks  he  knows  the  world 
thoroughly  go  forth  as  a  mendicant  to  meet  his 
friends  and  ask  of  them  alms  or  address  them 
in  words  of  social  equality,  and  he  will  realize  on  his 
return  that  he  still  has  a  few  things  to  learn  before 
boasting. 

4355 

Permit  no  one  to  pry  the  lid  off  the  pot  when  a  family 
stew  is  boiling. 

4356 

It  is  a  swift  slide  down  the  hill  of  morality,  but  a  long 
pull  up. 

4357 

One  is  not  so  sure  of  winning  a  fortune  in  a  lottery 
as  by  industry. 

4358 

Every  one  is  given  a  message  for  the  world.  Some 
deliver  it  well,  others  ill,  and  some  not  at  all. 

4359 

It  is  somewhat  beyond  the  common  lot  to  amass  a 
million  dollars,  but  it  should  not  be  beyond  the 
ability  of  any  one  to  obtain  the  respect  of  the  entire 
community. 

4360 

There  is  too  much  folly  recorded  in  the  pages  of 
history  to  make  a  man  boastful  of  his  grandparents 
or  over-confident  of  his  grandchildren. 

4361 

A  bean-pole  will  hold  up  a  bean,  but  is  a  poor  support 
on  which  to  train  a  pumpkin -vine,  and  those  who 
trust  too  much  to  bean-poles  will  see  their  golden 
expectations  fall  to  the  ground. 

4362 

Be  very  sure  you  are  right  before  trying  to  make 
others  accept  your  opinions,  because  if  you  are  wrong 
you  are  doing  as  much  mischief  as  though  it  were 
intentional. 


470 


4363 

more  engaging  to  the  young  than  the 
anticipation  of  maturity,  and  what  more  delight- 
ful  to  the  mature  than  the  contemplation  of 
youth  !  Thus  does  each  reach  out  for  the  other  and 
meet  on  middle  ground. 

4364 

Today  is  but  the  childhood  of  man,  although  his 
advent  upon  earth  is  lost  in  the  mists  of  antiquity. 

4365 

The  highest  anticipations  are  always  dimmed  by 
tiny  clouds  of  doubt,  which  realization  rarely  clears 
away. 

4366 

Duty  often  lies  further  from  the  heart  than  from  the 
hand. 

4367 

There  are  few  characters  without  stains  and  blemishes 
enough  to  condemn  them  were  they  merchandise  and 
judged  of  men. 

4368 

Sometimes  one  mistakes  a  reflected  light  for  a  shining 
one. 

4369 

Honesty  in  the  company  of  dishonesty  looks  guilty 
and  ill  at  ease,  whilst  dishonesty  reflects  the  virtue  of 
honesty  and  appears  to  advantage. 

4370 

An  unnecessary  load  is  carried  by  him  who  takes  up 
his  neighbor's  quarrel. 

4371 

Whether  rich  or  poor  it  is  against  public  morality  for 
men  and  women  to  live  without  regular  employment. 

4372 

He  who  kills  time  should  be  adjudged  guilty  of  a 
serious  crime.  Time,  however,  may  be  trusted  to  avenge 
itself. 


471 


4373 

must  infer  that  our  ancestors  deported  them- 
selves  with  becomingness,  for  to  this  day  and 
generation  are  to  be  found  those  who  sigh  for 
the  "  good  old  times."  Therefore  be  it  well  under 
stood  that  as  the  present  always  looks  to  the  past, 
and  at  this  moment  we  are  making  the  past,  it  be 
hooves  us  to  act  well  our  part  in  the  present  if  we 
would  claim  the  admiration  of  generations  to  come. 

4374 
A  frolic  with  intemperance  is  a  dance  with  death. 

4375 

A  lost  sheep  bleats  that  it  may  be  found,  but  this  is 
not  true  of  a  lost  brother  or  sister. 

4376 

A  belligerent  attitude  may  seem  heroic  when  it  is 
only  comical. 

4377 

A  man  should  not  love  his  neighbors  as  himself  unless 
he  loves  himself  more  than  his  money. 

4378 

Large  numbers  of  those  met  in  public  thoroughfares 
are  without  soul  growth,  and  what  think  ye  is  their 
appearance  when  the  mortal  vestments  are  removed 
and  they  appear  in  all  their  hidden  deformity? 

4379 

Every  other  person  thinks  that  every  other  person 
is  wrong.  If  this  be  so,  who  is  right? 

4380 

A  languishing  spirit  is  ever  revived  by  the  recital 
of  good  news  and  it  is  a  panacea  for  most  human  ills, 
but  not  always  at  hand. 

4381 

Be  generous  of  thy  substance,  but  parsimonious  of 
self-praise. 

472 


4382 

aborigines  hated  our  ancestors  and  were 
swallowed  up  in  the  great  stream  of  coloniza- 
tion  that  poured  in  upon  them ;  and  by  a 
similar  law,  may  not  we,  when  the  cycle  of  our  occu 
pancy  closes,  be  absorbed  by  the  great  ocean  of 
barbarism  to  which  the  stream  is  running? 

4383 
It  is  better  to  die  for  the  truth  than  to  live  a  lie. 

4384 

It  is  wasteful  to  try  to  pour  a  quart  of  understanding 
into  a  pint  head. 

4385 

A  lonely  man  is  he  who  loves  solitude  and  can  not 
find  it. 

4386 
When    Idleness    meets    Industry    war    is    declared. 

4387 

When  any  one  says  that  life  is  not  worth  living  it  is 
because  that  one  knows  not  how  to  live. 

4388 

Peace  enjoys  domesticity  and  will  sit  by  the  hearth 
stone  whenever  permitted. 

4389 

Signed,  sealed  and  delivered  at  birth  are  letters  patent 
to  all  the  territory  lying  between  the  cradle  and  the 
grave. 

4390 

When  the  sun  of  reason  sets,  the  world  is  in  darkness 
and  the  night  of  superstition  is  long  and  fearsome. 

4391 

Unselfishness  is  the  keynote  to  the  prelude  of  ever 
lasting  happiness. 

4392 

A  hearty  laugh  three  times  a  day  will  cure  diseases 
that  defy  drugs  and  lotions. 


473 


4393 

eREAT  danger  lies  near  the  nation  that  neglects 
public  education.  Let  the  government  regard 
the  ethical  and  intellectual  culture  of  the  masses, 
but  apart  from  the  State  let  the  various  religions  take 
care  of  themselves. 

4394 

Visions  of  peace  and  plenty  fill  the  imagination  of 
one ;  forebodings  of  war  and  famine  of  another ;  but 
did  all  have  a  clear  vision  of  justice,  famine  and  blood 
shed  would  be  forgotten. 

4395 

Contemplation  of  the  good  in  others  is  far  wiser  than 
the  consideration  of  their  faults,  as  the  former  makes 
them  appear  better  and  the  latter  worse  than  they 
really  are. 

4396 
Dogs  are  ever  more  faithful  in  adversity  than  men. 

4397 

Deeper  learned  in  the  art  of  persuasion  is  the  feminine 
mind,  but  when  the  exception  proves  the  rule,  the 
masculine  mind  has  been  brushed  by  genius. 

4398 

Virtue  is  victory  over  temptation,  and  the  victory 
depends  not  so  much  on  the  strength  of  virtue  as  the 
weakness  of  the  temptation. 

4399 
Thoroughness  is  commendable  in  all  things  but  evil. 

4400 

Purity  bubbles  up  from  the  living  spirit,  but  is  pol 
luted  by  flowing  through  the  corrupt  springs  of  earth. 

4401 

Why  may  not  a  man  have  an  opinion  of  his  own  if  he 
be  diligent  enough  to  find  one ;  or  why  should  he  be 
criticized  who  perchance  has  appropriated  one  from 
his  grandfather's  collection? 


474 


4402 

GHE  most  hopeless  criminals  are  they  who  have 
in  them  the  least  love,  and  these  are  they  who 
need  sympathy  and  good  thoughts  to  awaken 
in  them  similar  emotions,  though  justice  must  ever 
be  administered  with  sternness  and  never  weakened 
with  laxity. 

4403 

To  reach  religious  freedom  one  must  tread  a  briery 
path,  but  they  who  have  survived  the  ordeal  declare 
it  well  worth  the  trial. 

4404 

Bitterness  of  heart  is  like  unto  a  sharp  thorn  in  the 
flesh,  which  continually  wounds  and  will  not  heal 
until  removed. 

4405 

The  law  of  attraction  rules  in  our  affections  when  we 
give  free  rein  to  the  spirit. 

4406 

Love  laughs  at  locks  and  danger,  but  it  never  laughs 
at  sorrow  and  want. 

4407 

Whilst  cheating  is  the  pastime  of  many,  it  is  never 
the  employment  of  self-respect. 

4408 

Detection,  though  not  in  the  thieves'  vocabulary,  is 
the  handwriting  on  the  wall  in  every  felon's  cell. 

4409 
Authority    that    rests    upon    justice    is    from    God. 

4410 

Quick    promises    are    more    brittle    than    slow    ones. 

4411 

A  barking  dog  may  not  bite ;  but  if  he  does  you  can 
not  say  that  you  were  not  warned. 

4412 

A  decided  answer  has  a  stimulating  effect  whether  it 
be  yes  or  no. 


475 


4413 

an  honest  man  goeth  forth  at  night  he 
carrieth  a  light  before  him ;  but  a  thief  goeth 
forth  in  the  darkness  that  he  may  not  be  seen 
of  men.  Take  heed  therefore  of  him  who  hides  his 
calling  from  the  world,  lest  he  rob  thee. 

4414 
The  light  of  the  world  is  thine  own  soul. 

4415 

A  will  without  a  purpose  is  a  rudderless  ship  tossing 
about  on  the  sea  of  destiny. 

4116 

Symmetry  of  body  and  symmetry  of  mind  are  not  so 
generally  associated  that  their  separation  causes 
surprise. 

4417 

The  genesis  of  man  is  lacking  in  the  archives  of 
Nature,  where  the  savant  is  not  .permitted  to  enter. 

4418 

Before  taking  our  friends  to  task  for  displeasing  us  it 
were  better  to  ascertain  if  they  have  pleased  them 
selves,  as  it  is  not  fair  to  exact  more  than  we  are 
willing  to  grant. 

4419 

When  you  overtake  opportunity,  recognize  it  cor 
dially  and  walk  on  together. 

4420 

Whatever  we  may  think  of  a  gamester,  it  must  be 
said  that  he  is  trying  to  better  his  condition. 

4421 

Procrastination  is  more  than  a  match  for  any  business 
that  ever  wrestled  with  it. 

4422 

The  most  menial  occupation  that  helps  to  turn  the 
wheels  of  happiness  is  honorable,  but  that  which  puts 
obstacles  in  its  way  is  dishonorable  and  degrading. 


476 


4423 

foundation  and  the  roof  of  a  dwelling  are  all- 
important,  but  the  middle  stories  also  should 
have  some  attention,  otherwise  the  structure 
is  defective,  and  this  is  most  true  of  education,  for 
it  is  the  middle  stories  we  most  occupy. 

4424 
Our  opinions  are  grubs  today  and  butterflies  tomorrow. 

4425 

Violent  convulsions  of  Nature  tell  us  that  God  is  still 
at  work  in  His  laboratory. 

4426 

Study  thy  daily  lesson  faithfully,  for  as  sure  as  the 
sun  appears  each  morn  there  will  be  given  to  thee  one 
to  learn  that  is  worthy  serious  attention. 

4427 

When  the  sword  is  turned  into  a  pruning-hook,  and 
the  battleships  into  merchantmen,  the  nations  of 
earth  will  be  approaching  civilization. 

4428 

Dignity  sitteth  ill  on  him  who  mingles  his  advice  with 
sarcasm. 

4429 

It  takes  less  noise  to  frighten  a  thief  than  an  honest 
man — less  scandal  to  harm  the  immoral  than  the 
moral. 

4430 

When  listening  to  the  prowess  of  another,  consider 
the  prompting  motive,  that  you  may  better  judge  of 
the  achievements. 

4431 

It  is  better  to  spend  the  pennies  than  to  hoard  the 
pounds  for  base  purposes. 

4432 

An  avalanche  of  doubt  may  destroy  faith,  but  hope 
usually  escapes  unharmed. 


477 


4433 

greedy  and  pious  individual  who  wants  the 
whole  loaf  assures  the  meek  that  it  is  Provi- 
dence  acting  for  their  best  good  that  cuts  their 
slice  so  thin  and  spreads  it  so  sparingly,  and  that  it  is 
ungodly  to  complain. 

4434 

It  is  hazardous  to  permit  ignorance  to  govern  when 
wisdom  will  serve. 

4435 

The  wildest  savage  of  the  jungles  has  his  time  and 
place  in  the  world  and  is  an  important  factor  in  the 
divine  mechanism,  otherwise  he  would  not  be. 

4436 

A  sensitive  brain  receives  the  thoughts  that  pass  along 
the  wires  of  intelligence  as  they  are  sent  from  the 
divine  to  human  minds. 

4437 

Write  all  thy  thoughts  upon  parchment  and  read 
them  in  company  if  thou  hast  courage. 

4438 

A  position  to  which  none  aspire  is  that  of  chief 
mourner. 

4439 

Whenever  you  break  a  good  resolution,  mend  it  as 
quickly  as  possible. 

4440 
Go  not  into  society  to  find  fault  with  it  but  to  better  it. 

4441 

Charity  that  is  distributed  with  publicity  is  not  the 
kind  that  the  Nazarene  meant  when  He  advised  the 
hands  know  not  each  other. 

4442 

That  a  general  deluge  swept  over  the  earth  is  not 
altogether  improbable,  but  that  it  occurred  from  the 
causes  and  in  the  manner  as  related  in  Jewish  history, 
taxes  credulity  beyond  the  point  of  safety. 


478 


4443 

IN  the  Nineteenth  Century  a  heretofore  unap 
plied   force  brought   the   four  quarters  of  the 
globe  into  intimate  acquaintance,  and  corners 
that  were  once  desolate  are  now  as  close  as  the  next 
village.  And  who  will  deny  the  probability  of  speaking 
across  the  Styx  when  communication  across  the  great 
oceans  without  effort  is  now  possible,  profitable  and 
interesting  ? 

4444 

Only  a  Hercules  can  lift  a  man  out  of  the  gutter  when 
he  makes  no  effort  to  lift  himself. 

4445 

Seek  not  to  buy  of  another  his  principles,  as  in  so 
doing  thou  becomest  accessory  to  moral  crime. 

4446 

Far  back  in  childhood's  realm  we  wander  when  sorrow 
touches  us,  and  we  live  again  the  past. 

4447 
Anything  that  savors  of  hypocrisy  savors  of  falsehood. 

4448 

The  small  things  of  life  are  the  days,  the  great  affairs 
are  the  years,  and  as  the  days  outnumber  the  years  so 
are  given  our  human  lessons. 

4449 

Little  can  be  said  at  any  time  in  defense  of  sadness 
that  were  not  better  said  of  cheerfulness. 

4450 

No  one  can  work  well  without  enthusiasm,  but  this 
does  not  imply  that  all  enthusiasts  are  clever. 

4451 

The  gathering  of  thoughts  is  like  the  gathering  of 
fruits  from  trees  the  windfalls  lie  at  our  feet  and  are 
obtained  without  effort,  but  for  that  which  grows  on 
the  topmost  boughs  we  must  climb. 


479 


4452 

XT  is  a  plain  fact  that  no  other  remedy  has  been 
found    by    political    doctors    for    the    cure    of 
poverty  but  industry  and  economy — two  such 
common  medicines  that  they  are  rejected  by  many 
sorely  afflicted  with  the  ailment. 

4453 
The  best  loved  are  those  who  love  best. 

4454 
The  bible  of  the  future  is  the  unwritten  truth. 

4455 

In  the  divorcement  of  ethics  and  religion,  religion 
would  suffer  most. 

4456 

Be  calm  in  bereavement  and  let  the  spirit  be  the 
comforter. 

4457 

Etiquette  demands  that  intellect  play  second  fiddle 
to  royalty. 

4458 

Alas !  what  sorrow  were  ours  did  not  the  philosophers 
and  the  poets  bequeath  their  precious  thoughts  to  the 
libraries  of  the  world. 

4459 

Dynamite  is  not  more  dangerous  than  the  confined 
energy  of  ignorance. 

4460 

Little  children  have  unwittingly  spoken  as  wisely  as 
Solomon. 

4461 

If  we  try  to  belittle  ourselves  we  shall  not  want  for 
assistance. 

4462 

A  controlling  interest  in  any  business  encourages 
covetousness. 

4463 

A  long  promise  is  stronger  than  a  short  one  because 
cemented  by  time. 


480 


4464 

QO  one  ever  saw  a  shadow  fall,  nor  a  storm  retire, 
an  opal  lake  nor  a  sea  of  glass,  leaves  of  gold 
nor   clouds   of  silver — though   poesy   describes 
them  all.  No  one  ever  heard  the  voice  of  God,  though 
ancient  writers  of  a  great  book  declare  it,  and  men 
wax  wroth  even  unto  this  day  in  defending  the  literal 
word,  though  others  are  happy  and  wise  in  extracting 
the  beauty  that  is  concealed  in  its  poetic  and  mystic 
lines. 

4465 

The  capital  "  I  "  is  so  pleasing  to  us  that  we  ought  to 
continually  check  the  propensity  to  use  it,  that  we 
become  not  both  monotonous  and  offensive. 

4466 
Veneering  may  please,  but  it  does  not  satisfy. 

4467 

Doubtless  it  is  safer  and  often  wiser  to  fly  than  to 
fight,  but  the  world  views  the  fighter  with  admiration 
and  the  flyer  with  contempt. 

4468 

Suicide  is  not  the  act  of  a  normal  mind,  for  the  love  of 
life  is  so  strongly  implanted  by  Nature  within  man 
that  it  deserts  him  only  when  the  mind  is  impoverished. 

4469 

Without  a-priori  reasoning,  justice  is  hindered  and 
prejudice  given  an  unfair  start. 

4470 

Punctuality  is  the  first  lesson  to  be  learned  ;  when  the 
bell  rings  the  train  starts  whether  or  not  you  are  there, 
and  the  opportunity  goes  by. 

4471 

Concentrate  the  mind  upon  a  subject  at  least  once  a 
day,  and  three  times  is  better,  until  it  is  disciplined 
to  do  your  bidding  promptly  and  not  to  play  truant 
upon  the  simplest  errand. 


481 


4472 

[NOW  covers  the  earth  with  a  glory  and  the 
white  queen  reigns  over  a  realm  of  purity  until 
man  goeth  forth  and  defaces  with  footprints 
the  beauty  that  surrounds.  And  thus  does  he  stain 
with  the  heel  of  lust  the  moral  whiteness  that  is  about 
him. 

4473 

As  often  as  thou  prayest  for  wealth,  pray  for  wisdom. 

4474 

Overmuch  study  in  beaten  roads  weakens  originality 
of  thought  and  expression,  therefore  it  is  well  to  go 
into  the  bypaths  and  to  gather  leaves  from  all  nooks 
and  crannies  when  preparing  the  book  of  life. 

4475 

Happiness,  with  its  companion,  Duty,  calls  upon  us 
every  morn.  Sometimes  we  do  not  open  to  the  knock 
ing  and  then  unhappiness  is  our  guest  for  the  day. 

4476 

Repulsiveness  needs  as  much  consideration  as  beauty, 
but  seldom  receives  it  because  our  eyes  must  needs 
be  pleased  to  quicken  our  hands. 

4477 

Languor  is  another  name  for  laziness,  used  most  by 
the  indolent. 

4478 

Anarchy  and  insurrection  are  brothers  and  it  matters 
not  which  outlaw  were  dictator  where  rights  of 
person  and  property  are  concerned. 

4479 

Labor  as  hard  as  one  may  to  promote  habits  of 
industry  amid  squalor,  there  are  those  who  will  ever 
cry  of  their  wants,  and  those  who  cry  loudest  will 
work  least  to  better  their  own  condition. 

4480 
Deceit  is  a  milder  name  for  iniquity. 


482 


4481 

crawl  over  the  surface  of  their  little 
planet  and  tell  one  another  what  God  is  like, 
what  He  has  said  in  times  past,  what  He  intends 
to  do  with  man  in  the  future,  and  they  are  neither 
cursed  nor  ridiculed  for  their  presumption ;  but  ages 
come  and  go  and  the  majesty  of  eternal  law  prevails, 
and  none  can  fathom  the  mystery  of  being  nor 
comprehend  the  source,  and  thus  must  it  be  ever  and 
evermore  though  mortals  prattle  much. 

4482 

If  a  new  broom  sweeps  clean,  inferentially  the  new 
woman  will  sweep  cleaner  than  the  old  man. 

4483 

Vain  is  the  desire  to  be  wise  if  not  willing  to  labor 
industriously  at  the  forge  of  instruction. 

4484 

One  unpleasant  experience  overshadows  all  the 
pleasures  of  a  day. 

4485 

Not  welcome  in  the  house  of  cheerfulness  is  the  bearer 
of  a  gruesome  tale  that  driveth  laughter  beyond  its 
gates  and  covereth  the  inmates  as  with  a  pall. 

4486 

Gaiety  romping  with  innocence  in  the  halls  of  virtue — 
such  is  an  ideal  home. 

4487 

Very  many  require  prodding  to  keep  them  out  of 
sorrow. 

4488 

Danger  acts  like  a  sneaking  coward.  It  takes  care  to 
conceal  itself  whenever  and  wherever  it  can  and  then 
springs  upon  its  victim  unawares  to  maim  or  to  slay 
outright. 

4489 

A  capital  "  NO  "  should  be  the  first  word  in  a  child's 
primer  and  the  only  word  on  the  pages  of  temptation. 


483 


4490 

grow    you    must    be    yourself;    it    was    no1 
intended  that  you  be  satisfied  with  the  cast-ofi 
opinions  of  others,  but  that  you  exercise  youi 
own   brain   and   find   the   truth    in   your   own   way. 

4491 
Mercy  belongs  to  love,  and  let  us  say,  Love  is  God. 

4492 

An  infant  wrestling  with  a  giant  would  be  an  appro 
priate  device  to  place  over  the  door  of  every  college 
dedicated  to  theology. 

4493 

No  one  knows  what  a  wicked  thought  may  do  when 
sent  on  an  evil  mission. 

4494 

Apprehensive  is  compassion  when  old  age  is  pursued 
by  the  specter  of  cold  and  hunger. 

4495 

Some  there  be  who  would  count  the  cost  of  an  adven 
ture  to  themselves  who  would  not  consider  others. 

4496 

The  tide  turns  in  a  moment ;  therefore  if  it  has  been 
long  running  out,  be  patient  a  little  longer. 

4497 

Seclusion  befits  the  good ;  but  what  would  become 
of  the  wicked  did  the  good  seclude  themselves 
altogether  ? 

4498 

The  evening  is  the  postscript  of  the  day  and  into  it 
much  is  crowded  that  would  have  made  the  day  more 
profitable  and  interesting. 

4499 

A  triumphal  entry  into  paradise  would  be  the  mon 
arch's  wish  after  his  demise,  but  we  opine  he  will 
enter  the  gates  ajar  without  ceremony  and  in  peasant 
garb. 


484 


4500 

the  crows  caw  the  farmer  puts  out  a 
straw  man  to  defend  his  field,  and  this  is  about 
the  same  precaution  that  the  voters  take  to 

prevent  the  political  crows  from  stealing  the  public 

corn  that  has  been  planted. 

4501 

The  fragrance  of  a  flower  is  its  spirit,  an  emanation 
from  the  divine  garden  not  made  with  hands. 

4502 

If  you  wish  to  keep  the  cat  in  the  bag,  tie  it  with  a 
strong  cord  of  secrecy  and  do  not  be  persuaded  to 
undo  it. 

4503 

Grief  cries  out  for  consolation,  the  rarest  of  all 
blessings  bestowed. 

4504 

The  fellowship  of  health  and  disease  is  unnatural  and 
impossible  physically  or  mentally. 

4505 

Salacious  scandal  is  relished  by  prying  minds  more 
than  modest  truth. 

4506 

Were  everybody  to  shine,  the  illumination  would  be 
too  dazzling  for  clear  sight. 

4507 

Did  every  one  speak  the  truth  Satan  would  lose  his 
following,  for  truth  is  the  foundation  of  all  goodness. 

4508 

Oh,  judge  thee  not  any  one  unless  to  thee  has  been 
given  divine  wisdom. 

4509 

Sense  and  sentiment  frequently  meet  on  narrow 
ground  and  contend  for  right  of  way  ;  and  when  sound 
sense  yields  to  silly  sentiment,  all  who  are  concerned 
are  imperiled. 


485 


4510 

IF  a  signal  corps  were  established  from  earth  tc 
the  seventh  heaven,  and  a  flag-angel  placed  at 
every  station,    mortals    would    soon    cease    tc 
speculate  regarding  the  climate  beyond,  and  nothing 
short  of  this  seems  adequate  to  deter  the  advocate  oi 
one  kind  of  religion  from  consigning  the  advocate  of 
another  to  a  torrid  zone. 

4511 

Poesy  loves  to  walk  in  dewy  meadows  and  by  the 
still  waters  and  list  to  its  own  note,  because  in  busy 
marts  amid  the  clang  of  commerce  it  becomes 
affrighted  and  can  not  sing. 

4512 

Two  busy  little  words,  "  yes  "  and  "  no,"  carry  more 
joy  and  sorrow  to  human  hearts  than  all  others. 

4513 

Only  when  labor  is  self-respecting  can  it  command 
respect. 

4514 

When  we  learn  the  truth,  whatever  will  make  us  happy 
will  make  us  better ;  but  while  we  are  living  in  error, 
we  lust  after  the  fleshpots  that  make  us  worse. 

4515 

Intrude  not  thy  presence  in  the  house  of  affliction 
except  on  an  errand  of  love. 

4516 

Do  the  pleasures  of  life  recompense  for  its  trials  ?  To 
answer  in  the  negative  compels  argument  with  Deity. 

4517 

Though  every  one  has  something  to  say,  but  few  know 
how  to  say  it  for  all  time. 

4518 

Before  the  world  becomes  perfect,  idleness  must  be 
put  to  work. 


486 


4519 

g  SOMEWHAT   hazardous   and   fortunately   an 
unnecessary  position  for  a  man  to  assume  is  to 
look  his  neighbor  in  the  eye  and  give  him  an 
unqualified  and  unreserved  opinion  of  his  merits  and 
demerits  as  seen  by  the  public. 

4520 

If  we  could  find  the  key  to  the  situation  we  might 
unlock  the  difficulty. 

4521 

The  most  serviceable  weapon  in  the  hands  of  an 
enemy  is  his  familiarity  with  our  weaknesses. 

4522 

Indolence  and  indifference  always  get  in  the  way  of 
progress,  causing  long  halts  and  exasperating  delay. 

4523 

Masculine  and  feminine  vanity  may  differ  in  kind, 
but  there  is  no  apparent  difference  in  degree. 

4524 

When  we  meet  a  stranger  on  the  lonely  way  we  have 
to  acknowledge  that  on  the  threshold  of  the  Twentieth 
Century  we  are  afraid  of  one  another. 

4525 

Why  should  the  poor  and  afflicted  be  advised  to  cast 
their  burdens  on  the  Lord,  when  the  rich  and  the 
strong  are  nearer? 

4526 

The  longer  the  lesson,  the  more  difficult  the  applica 
tion. 

4527 

Domestic  patchwork  is  scrutinized  with  curiosity, 
but  the  exhibit  should  never  be  spread  before  the 
public. 

4528 

Be  dignified  before  a  king,  but  not  less  so  before  a 
slave. 


487 


4529 

^|-^NDIVIDUALS  in  a  house  may  be  likened  to 
its  doors.  No  two  hinge  upon  the  same  support ; 
—        each  swings  from  an  upright  of  its  own,  serving 
an  independent  purpose. 

4530 
Whatever  an  enemy  recommends,  search  for  flaws. 

4531 

A  terrible  day  may  be  prophesied  should  fanaticism 
dethrone  reason. 

4532 

Science  precludes  the  belief  in  the  resurrection  of  the 
physical  body,  but  is  agnostic  concerning  the  soul. 

4533 

One  who  confers  a  lasting  favor  on  mankind  has  done 
more  than  the  ninety  and  nine  who  confer  temporary 
ones. 

4534 

Late  hours  produce  bodily  fatigue,  but  when  the  sun 
is  strong  in  the  East  exercise  thy  mentality. 

4535 

How  restful  the  pillow  of  peace. 

4536 

The  world  is  the  great  encyclopedia  of  humanity,  and 
all  good  and  all  evil  is  writ  within  its  unnumbered 
volumes. 

4537 

The  vulnerable  places  in  the  character  must  be 
constantly  strengthened  lest  the  citadel  of  life  be 
destroyed. 

4538 

Be  faithful  in  the  minute  affairs  of  life  and  you  will 
be  trusted  with  the  great. 

4539 

A  lay  so  sweet  that  all  who  hear  must  pause  :  the  song 
of  content  voiced  by  the  home  choir. 


488 


4540 

groans  are  mingled  on  earth, 
but  in  the  hereafter  groanings  must  cease  and 
hallelujahs  ring  in  the  clear  atmosphere  of  a 
more  perfect  understanding  and  realization  of  life, 
its  requirements,  its  possession,  its  glories  and  its 
freedom. 

4541 

Be  cautious  when  walking  on  the  edge  of  the  crater  of 
intemperance,  as  the  footing  is  always  insecure  and 
the  crust  deceiving. 

4542 

When  the  analytical  mind  separates  ethics  and 
religion  and  weighs  each,  it  realizes  how  much  the 
world  owes  the  former. 

4543 

Fearless  thought  is  the  angel  that  opens  the  prison- 
doors  of  superstition. 

4544 

When  silent  night  ascends  her  throne  our  eyelids  are 
closed  by  her  command,  and  when  the  dawn  is  come 
she  kisses  them  to  wakefulness  and  gives  her  scepter 
to  the  kingly  sun. 

4545 

So  still  is  the  house  of  conscience  that  the  slightest 
rap  at  the  door  is  heard  within. 

4546 

Futile  the  effort  to  stay  the  current  of  wrath  when  all 
the  floodgates  of  indignation  have  been  opened. 

4547 

Riches  are  transient :  the  shadow  we  keep ;  the 
substance  we  lose. 

4548 
When  the  heart  is  stone  the  life  is  Godless. 

4549 

To  get  a  fair  share  of  worldly  goods  one  must  decide 
early  what  is  most  desired  and  be  ready  to  seize 
opportunity  when  it  is  offered. 


489 


4550 

keen  delight  with  which  the  hunter  tracks 
the  timid  deer  through  the  forest  that  he  may 
slay  it  within  its  own  preserves  is  an  indication 
of  the  cruelty  in  man  and  his  pleasure  in  destroying 
the  defenseless  when  not  endangering  his  own  life. 

4551 

Never  lie  where  you  fall  unless  it  is  the  best  place  on 
earth. 

4552 

Every  one  welcomes  a  hero,  but  a  coward  should 
never  return. 

4553 

Those  who  have  given  but  a  moment  to  psychical 
study  speak  with  less  reserve  than  the  student 
who  has  long  toiled. 

4554 

The  Supreme  Lawgiver  of  the  universe  writes  in  secret 
and  communicates  sparingly  to  those  who  most  per 
sistently  importune  for  knowledge. 

4555 

Indolent  men  call  upon  God  to  come  down  to  them 
because  it  is  too  hard  work  to  climb  up  to  Him. 


490 


BOOK  TWENTY 


4556 

OMMERCE  makes  aliens  brothers. 
Its  fraternal  strength  is  greater 
than  religion.  It  holds  Nations, 
and  cements  the  fractures  of  wars. 
As  years  pass  we  shall  more  and 
more  rely  upon  it  to  suppress  dis 
honesty.  We  shall  look  to  sound 
and  well-ordered  business  to  pre 
vent  the  shortsighted  from  springing  at  each  other's 
throats  for  a  difference  of  opinion  concerning  the 
known  things  of  this  world  and  the  unknown  of  the 
next. 

4557 

Old  Father  Time  is  a  swift  runner  and  those  who  lag 
he  cuts  down  with  his  keen  blade  in  the  early  hours ; 
the  strongest  are  weary  at  the  twilight  and  ready  to 
sleep  when  the  night  comes. 

4558 

Precept  and  practise  should  travel  together,  but 
practise  loiters  and  frequently  falls  into  bad  company. 

4559 

The  roaring  metropolis  is  the  lion  that  devours  the 
poetic  soul. 

4560 

Dreams  are  the  journeyings  of  the  soul,  and  the 
remembrance  the  tiny  fragments  gathered  by  the  way. 

4561 
The  more  simple  the  mind  the  more  pleasing  illusion. 

4562 

Why  great  riches  so  often  fall  at  the  feet  of  the 
unworthy  is  perplexing  to  philosophers. 

4563 

In  response  to  the  questions  that  the  soul  asks  of  the 
invisible,  there  comes  response  not  after  the  common 
manner,  but  in  a  way  that  sets  the  whole  intellectual 
and  spiritual  machinery  in  motion. 


493 


4564 

^TT^T  is  a  long  distance  to  the  sun,  but  he  comes  to 

II      the  lowliest  to  gladden.  And  this  is  the  sugges- 

tion  of  the  willingness  of  the  spiritual  light  to 

enter  whenever  the  soul  is  not  closed  to  its  purifying 

and  warming  rays. 

4565 

Though  a  seeming  paradox,  a  ripe  old  mind  is  a  green 
old  age. 

4566 

Whenever  memory  fancies,  it  frolics  with  the  hob 
goblins  of  the  past  until  the  present  is  alarmed. 

4567 

Believe  thou  wert  created  for  a  noble  purpose  and  so 
believing  do  thou  no  ignoble  deed. 

4568 

Every  hour  the  young  and  innocent  of  earth  are 
called  to  spirit  land,  the  great  playground  for  all 
nativities. 

4569 

So  slippery  is  the  descent  of  vice  that  most  who 
attempt  it  lose  footing  and  are  dashed  to  death. 

4570 

Forgetful  of  all  but  self,  man  becomes  a  hideous 
caricature  of  what  Nature  intended. 

4571 

A  bond  that  is  closer  than  kinship  is  consanguinity  of 
thought. 

4572 

A  much-abused  privilege:  borrowing  another  man's 
mind  with  which  to  cover  thine  own  deficiencies. 

4573 

Choose  first  the  book  and  then  the  binding. 

4574 

The  face  of  death  is  less  terrible  than  the  face  of 
famine. 


494 


4575 

HETHER  it  be  near  or  far  to  a  given  point  it 
were  incredible  that  every  inch  of  the  way  be 
worthy  minute  description.  Therefore,  weight 
not  conversation  with  too  many  details  if  you  would 
be  interesting. 

4576 

Let  thy  countenance  be  adorned  with  peace  and  thy 
mind  with  treasures  rare.  Then  riches  will  not  harm 
nor  poverty  destroy. 

4577 

Thou  canst  be  of  the  earth  heavenly-minded,  but  not 
of  heaven  earthly-minded. 

4578 

Diligence  is  necessary  to  success :  the  early  bird  does 
not  find  his  breakfast  without  looking  for  it. 

4579 

A  boaster  should  write  his  own  autobiography,  lest  his 
biographer  be  of  weak  imagination  and  abide  by  facts. 

4580 
It  is  more  difficult  to  please  the  wicked  than  the  good. 

4581 

There  is  everywhere  evidence  that  mortals  learn 
life's  lesson  quickest  when  they  are  taught  by  the 
schoolmaster  of  experience,  who  spares  neither  the 
pupil  nor  the  rod. 

4582 

When  ventilating  the  mind  have  a  care  lest  everything 
blow  out  of  the  opening. 

4583 

Be  exact  in  all  your  dealings,  that  you  be  not  humili 
ated  by  obligation  nor  humiliate  others  by  obligation 
to  yourself. 

4584 

Let  us  not  be  guilty  of  consigning  our  neighbors  to 
perdition  because  they  prefer  to  see  God  through  their 
own  eyes  instead  of  ours. 


495 


4585 

[OME  day  the  awakened  conscience  will  tell 
man  that  he  was  not  evolved  for  the  gratifica 
tion  of  lust  and  selfishness,  but  to  attain  a  state 
of  intellectual  and  moral  manhood  that  need  not  be 
ashamed  to  meet  perfection. 

4586 

There  are  hours  when  memory  is  very  beautiful,  and 
there  are  hours  when  she  is  hideous ;  she  smiles  and 
she  frowns,  not  as  we  will  but  as  she  wills,  and  mocks 
our  efforts  to  control. 

4587 

Avoid  haste  by  beginning  early. 

4588 

Enduring  all  things  for  Love  is  a  strong  test  of  its 
strength  and  quality. 

4589 

There  is  no  one  on  earth  who  has  ever  seen  a  miracle, 
and  there  is  no  wise  man  who  ever  expects  to  see 
natural  law  defied,  and  for  this  reason  moderns  wonder 
if  the  ancients  were  always  truthful. 

4590 

How  hard  the  bed  of  crime ! 

4591 

It  is  more  dangerous  in  the  end  to  listen  to  the  rabble 
than  to  offend  them. 

4592 

If  the  mountain  before  thee  be  high,  rejoice,  for  the 
view  from  the  summit  will  be  far-reaching. 

4593 

Ready-made  and  conventional  phrases  are  weak 
substitutes  for  spontaneous  utterance. 

4594 

A  man  who  would  question  the  fitness  of  theology  to 
rule  the  world  would  be  a  man  no  longer  did  theology 
reign. 


496 


4595 

XT  is  my  belief  that  God  will  never  pass  final 
judgment  on  man  nor  deem  him  too   guilty  to 
reform,  but  that  reformation  must  at  some  time 
and    some    place    begin    and    continue    throughout 
eternity. 

4596 
There  is  nowhere  so  much  misery  as  in   the    mind. 

4597 

The  moment  we  see  ourselves  as  our  enemy  sees  us, 
our  vanity  is  turned  to  shame  and  gall ;  but  when  we 
behold  ourselves  through  friendship's  eye,  our  pride 
remaineth  to  sustain. 

4598 

The  word  "  universe  "  is  simple  to  write  and  to  speak, 
but  impossible  to  define. 

4599 

Some  men  defend  their  money  with  greater  zeal  than 
their  character,  and  in  some  instances  it  would  seem 
to  be  of  greater  value. 

4600 

He  who  harnesses  an  honest  conviction  with  Mrs. 
Grundy's  mare,  will  not  have  an  easy-driving  team. 

4601 

The  healing  of  the  nation  lies  in  the  healing  of  the 
individual. 

4602 

If  thou  art  puffed  up  with  conceit  thou  art  a  windbag, 
to  be  punctured  by  the  fun-makers. 

4603 

To  apologize  to  one's  self  for  one's  shortcomings  is  to 
make  repetition  probable. 

4604 

The  highest  pinnacle  on  the  temple  of  fame  may  not 
give  thee  a  glimpse  of  heaven.  If  thou  art  living,  it  may 
increase  thy  vanity ;  if  not,  thy  kin  may  boast  but 
never  strive. 


497 


4605 

acquire  a  perfect  knowledge  of  life  man  must 
acquire  a  perfect  understanding  of  the  laws  of 
the  universe,  which  in  his  present  development 
he  is  unable  to  do,  but  by  the  constant  striving  he 
will  gradually  evolve  more  and  more  of  the  divine 
which  is  involved  within  himself,  and  in  the  far  ages 
will  occupy  an  exalted  plane  in  the  spheres  of  intel 
ligence. 

4606 

Look  under  the  polish  for  roughness. 

4607 

In  a  line  with  God  stands  perfection,  toward  which 
man  is  crawling  so  slowly  that  to  his  generation 
he  appeareth  stationary. 

4608 

Of  all  great  books  the  greatest  is  the  one  that  doeth 
the  reader  the  most  good,  and  of  this  each  reader  must 
judge. 

4609 

To  burden  the  mind  with  promises  is  to  burden  the 
mind  with  debt. 

4610 

What  is  there  so  bewildering  as  fashion,  and  what 
more  unprofitable  to  both  the  eye  and  the  brain  of 
one  who  adores  art  and  abhors  a  vain  display? 

4611 

The  little  that  the  world  knows  of  us  makes  us  not 
ashamed  to  go  forth  and  smile  or  frown  as  inclined, 
because  secretiveness  moves  us  to  cover  our  sins. 

4612 

Consider  the  life  of  the  wild  flower :  be  its  friend,  for 
the  pleasure  it  so  freely  gives  without  cultivation; 
and  not  an  enemy,  because  unprotected. 

4613 

I  wot  there  is  more  love  in  the  heart  of  thy  dog  than 
in  the  heart  of  a  miser. 


498 


4614 

thou  meetest  one  with  the  face  of  despair 
or  the  shadow  of  crime,  extend  thy  best  thoughts 
and  strongest  resolutions  to  assist  the  afflicted 
one  across  the  dark  valley  of  misery.  For  as  sure  as 
thou  wouldst  help,  thou  must  take  the  wavering 
mind  onto  a  higher  plane  where  the  rays  of  hope  are 
long  and  the  nights  of  despair  short. 

4615 

Do  the  dead  rejoice  in  Memorial  Day?  Who  can 
answer — but  all  attest  the  blessing  the  day  brings  to 
the  living  when  love  alone  is  the  prompter. 

4616 

A  very  rich  man  is  a  bondservant ;  a  very  rich  woman 
a  searcher  for  ease.  Verily  great  wealth  is  torture  and 
the  tortured  are  seldom  happy  or  content. 

4617 

Penuriousness  is  a  near  relative  of  selfishness. 

4618 

The  most  extravagant  praise  is  as  nothing  without 
the  approbation  of  thine  own  interior  conscience. 

4619 

The    political    knave    corrupts    the    political    fool. 

4620 

Whether  I  be  great  or  small  in  public  estimation,  I 
know  that  I  must  appear  needful  in  the  estimation 
of  the  Ruler  of  worlds,  else  I  were  not. 

4621 

Chain  me  to  the  rocks  of  superstition  and  I  can  only 
die.  Chain  me  not  at  all  if  thou  wouldst  have  me  grow 
as  the  Lord  God  intended — straight,  upright  and  far- 
reaching. 

4622 

The  least  scar  made  by  love  is  sorer  than  a  deep  gash 
made  by  indifference. 


499 


4623 

most  encouraging  sign  of  the  spiritual  evo- 
lution  of  man  is  the  loss  of  religious  fear  and 
the  increasing  thought  that  conduct  more  than 
belief  makes  him  acceptable  to  the  heavenly  world 
and  his  calling  and  election  sure. 

4624 

A  man  may  be  detestable  in  the  eyes  of  strangers 
when  only  amusing  to  his  friends.  The  latter  alone 
look  through  the  lens  of  affection. 

4625 

The  contemplation  of  whirling  worlds  held  in  their 
orbit  should  make  man  most  guarded  in  speech  con 
cerning  the  destiny  of  the  human  race  and  the  fate  of 
a  brother. 

4626 

Alas !  that  honors  should  be  bought  by  the  unworthy 
in  this  fair  land  where  they  should  be  bestowed  grate 
fully  upon  the  worthy ! 

4627 
The  plainness  of  truth  oft  makes  it  scorned. 

4628 

Consider   yourself  today   on   the   eternal   highway. 

4629 

Be  not  persuaded  that  birth  begins  and  death  ends 
life.  Such  thinking  curtails  design  and  whittles  hope 
to  the  vanishing-point. 

4630 

Why  should  I  moan  when  a  tree  is  slain  or  sigh  when 
a  flower  is  crushed,  if  they  be  not  my  kin  and  a  part 
of  the  one  life  ? 

4631 

The  reward  for  well-doing  is  instantaneous,  inasmuch 
as  it  is  a  matter  of  the  soul. 

4632 


4632 

If  I  am  kind  I  shall  grow  better. 


500 


4633 

the  mind  and  the  body  are  aweary  go  to 
thy  Mother  Nature,  get  close  to  her  heart, 
pillow  thy  aching  head  upon  her  restful  breast, 
and  sleep  with  the  breath  of  health  over  thee — and 
thou  wilt  waken  with  youth  upon  thy  countenance. 

4634 

So  beauteous  is  life  that  I  sing ;  so  terrible  is  life  that 
I  weep  ;  but  were  my  vision  stronger  I  would  perceive 
more  of  the  cause  and  weep  less. 

4635 

Time  soothes  a  deep  heart- wound,  but  whether  it  ever 
heals  I  doubt. 

4636 

The  meaning  of  life  is  the  riddle  that  has  not  been 
guessed. 

4637 

The  blessings  of  life  are  many  and  so  are  the  curses, 
but  as  we  lack  discrimination  we  frequently  confound 
them. 

4638 

Thousands  live  unhonored  and  die  unknown,  but  who 
dare  say  they  lived  in  vain? 

4639 

Inasmuch  as  you  can,  carry  your  own  burdens  and 
so  fulfil  the  law  of  justice. 

4640 

A  magnificent  century  never  yet  eclipsed  in  the 
history  of  man  but  yet  to  be  eclipsed. 

4641 

What  need  has  one  for  gold  unless  one  spend  it?  But 
to  squander  it  means  abasement,  and  to  hoard  it 
means  misery. 

4642 

So  shape  your  life  that  you  may  not  be  ashamed  of 
your  work. 


501 


4643 

is  the  substance  wherewith  the  mind 
is  clothed.  The  raiment  is  coarse  or  fine  accord - 
ing  to  taste  and  desire.  The  tailoring  is  done  by 
ourselves — and  what  odd  garments  we  fashion  !  No  two 
are  alike  and  not  one  is  perfect. 

4644 

The  pearly  gate  of  Heaven  is  an  easy  conscience. 

4645 

Beauty  smiles  and  ugliness  frowns.  One  is  man's 
friend,  the  other  his  enemy.  One  is  art,  and  the  other 
its  antithesis. 

4646 

There  are  those  in  the  heart  of  the  wilderness  who  are 
not  more  lonely  than  the  crowded  man  who  plots 
and  schemes  to  gather  his  neighbor's  shekels. 

4647 

If  thou  hast  a  friend  test  him  not  too  far  with  gifts 
nor  heap  him  with  obligation. 

4648 

Music  that  is  heard  with  the  mental  ear  quickens 
the  soul. 

4649 

Bestow  thy  love  upon  all,  but  concentrate  it  upon  but 
few. 

4650 

Great  wealth  and  dishonesty  dwell  together,  and  so 
do  poverty  and  dishonesty  hobnob.  It  is  only  the 
honest  man  that  is  respectable. 

4651 

If  I  be  fair  in  my  dealings  with  all  men,  I  shall  not 
merit  their  contempt  nor  shall  I  fear  to  be  judged. 

4652 

Selfishness  incites  men  to  struggle  for  power ;  unsel 
fishness  makes  men  loath  to  have  it  lest  they  become 
oppressors. 


502 


4653 

asketh  receiveth  fully  of  spiritual 
blessings,  but  for  temporal  things  there  is  a 
price,  without  which  price  they  would  scarce 
be  valued,  and  the  inability  of  the  angels  to  charge 
for  their  instruction  makes  them  undervalued  as 
teachers. 

4654 

The  quality  of  our  raiment  has  naught  to  do  with 
mind  or  heart.  Yet  it  is  given  first  place  in  worldly 
marts. 

4655 
Sweeten  each  day  with  a  line  from  the  poets. 

4656 

If  we  had  eyes  we  should  say  that  God  loves  us  alike 
and  treats  us  alike,  but  being  blind  we  say  one  is 
blest  and  another  is  accursed.  We  contemplate  the 
start  and  not  the  finish. 

4657 
The  glory  of  life  is  its  possibilities. 

4658 

Fragments  of  time  are  the  whole  of  eternity.  Their 
piecing  is  our  privilege. 

4659 
I  pray  that  I  may  never  become  too  old  for  criticism. 

4660 

Boast  not  your  own  greatness.  The  world  will  do  that 
if  you  deserve  mention. 

4661 

Verily  when  a  man  becomes  surety  he  submits  his 
neck  to  the  yoke  and  becomes  his  neighbor's  ox. 

4662 

When  enthusiasm  goes  to  sleep  do  not  try  to  do  any 
thing  until  it  wakens. 

4663 

Everywhere  in  Nature  is  seen  law,  but  nowhere 
miracle. 


503 


4664 

CONFLAGRATION  of  heretics  was  once  the 
parson's  fearful  sermon,  and  it  provoked  so 
much  antagonism  that  it  set  the  whole  world  to 
asking  why  one  soul  was  in  greater  danger  of  fire  than 
another,  and  as  yet  no  reason  has  been  adduced  to 
cause  the  just  alarm. 

4665 

The  last  chapter  of  Revelations  will  never  be  written. 

4666 

Never  since  the  dawn  of  Genesis  has  Eve  been  wiser 
than  she  is  today. 

4667 

How  dear  the  thought  that  the  spirit  of  thy  loved  ones 
oft  lingers  to  console. 

4668 

Non -conformity  to  established  and  popular  religions 
makes  thee  a  marked  man ;  if  thou  differ  thou  must 
expect  to  be  hit  by  ugly  missies. 

4669 

Hold  thy  peace ;  against  that,  nothing  can  war 
eternally. 

4670 

If  thou  couldst  tell  me  whence  thought,  thou  couldst 
tell  me  of  God. 

4671 

To  follow  in  the  footsteps  of  a  good  man  is  well ;  but 
to  tread  a  new  path  will  make  thee  stronger. 

4672 

Frankness  tends  to  honesty ;  secretiveness  to  dis 
honesty. 

4673 

The  glare  of  fashionable  religion  frightens  away  the 
spirit. 

4674 

The  thirst  for  understanding  is  never  quenched ;  yet 
the  more  one  drinks  of  the  elixir  the  more  is  one 
satisfied. 


504 


4675 

a  WHALE  is  a  very  large  fish,  and  Jonah  may 
have  been  a  very  small  man ;  but  to  put  one 
within  the  other  makes  a  story  so  large  that 
intelligence  turns  with  astonishment  when  the  high 
priest  approaches  with  the  literal  record. 

4676 
The  destiny  of  the  future  is  now  being  determined. 

4677 

War  is  never  needed  to  settle  disputes,  but  unselfish 
ness  is. 

4678 
Love  is  the  savior  and  destroyer  of  many. 

4679 

Be  thoughtful  and  be  kind,  and  thou  need  not  worry 
about  thy  soul. 

4680 

The  least  attempt  to  portray  art  should  be  encouraged. 
It  is  the  spirit  seeking  expression  through  the  hand, 
and  however  crude,  it  is  an  uplift  from  the  dead  level 
that  needs  recognition. 

4681 

The  trend  of  life  seems  toward  individualism  and  the 
call  of  the  spirit,  "  Come  up  higher." 

4682 

The  rose  gives  me  a  poem,  the  lily  a  picture ;  like 
wise  does  a  weapon  of  destruction  image  carnage, 
suffering  and  death. 

4683 

What  e'er  my  fate  let  me  be  well  poised  in  mind,  that 
I  hinder  no  one  who  is  without  my  faith  in  ultimate 
good. 

4684 

Reading  does  not  necessarily  make  a  man  wise.  It  is 
selection,  concentration  and  purpose  that  strengthen 
the  intellect.  A  man  may  read  all  his  days  and  remain 
a  pigmy. 


505 


4685 

glories  await  the  human  race  I  wot  not, 
but  that  God  would  prefer  Jew,  Christian, 
Mohammedan  or  Agnostic  seems  amazing  if  we 
stop  to  consider  that  one  must  be  as  precious  as  the 
other,  that  religion  is  a  matter  of  human  education. 
The  ethics  that  each  religion  has  attached  to  its  own 
peculiar  doctrines  vary  little,  and  it  may  be  reason 
able  to  suppose  that  ethical  teachings  are  the  true 
revelation,  and  those  who  best  obey  moral  and 
physical  law  and  develop  the  noblest  qualities  of 
character,  will  be  God's  chosen  in  the  day  of  their 
demise. 

4686 

The  clamor  for  gold  is  a  clamor  for  care.  He  who  has 
gold  has  to  guard  it. 

4687 

Those  whom  we  love  we  do  not  fear.  Those  who  love 
God  fear  Him  not. 

4688 
The   soldier   of   today   is   the   target   of   tomorrow. 

4689 

Just  a  little  while  and  thou  shalt  not  walk  the  earth ; 
but  though  thy  days  be  few  they  suffice  to  do  much 
work.  There  is  no  reward  in  Nature's  plan  for  the 
indolent. 

4690 

If  thou  canst  not  add  an  object  of  beauty  to  thy  view, 
add  daily  a  beautiful  thought  to  thy  mind,  and  thou 
wilt  become  nobler  and  richer  whatever  thy  cir 
cumstances. 

4691 

We  bow  to  the  inevitable,  not  from  politeness  but 
from  sheer  inability  to  ignore. 

4692 

I  ofttimes  think  that  if  I  should  picture  the  Father  as 
He  is  theologically  represented,  throne-seated,  I  should 
revere  less  the  Oversoul  of  the  universe. 


506 


4693 

Y?=CEAVENLY   bodies  move   in   their   orbits  with 
I  mathematical  precision,  wheeling  and  changing 
according   to   immutable   law   or   divine   intel 
ligence,  which  we  designate  God,  of  whom  we  are  wont 
to  speak  knowingly,  but  of  whom  we  know  nothing. 

4694 

We  can  not  fly  toward  God.  We  must  be  content  to 
creep  and  grow. 

4695 

The  ultimate  of  minding  one's  own  business  exclusively 
would  be  total  indifference  to  the  needs  of  the  world. 

4696 
Thou  waitest  in  vain  for  love  if  thou  dost  not  bestow  it. 

4697 

The  elements  proclaim  the  I  Am,  and  man  feebly 
prays,  "  Forget  me  not,  for  here  Am  I." 

4698 

If  a  cow  should  speak  to  you,  your  dignity  need  not 
be  offended  unless  you  are  asked  to  moo. 

4699 

When  the  embers  of  life  burn  low  and  the  frosts  of 
age  creep  in,  there  is  naught  but  love  that  can  warm 
the  heart.  So  be  tender, 

4700 

A  haven  of  safety  from  the  storms  of  life — the  realm  of 
Reason. 

4701 

Although  the  kind  are  not  invariably  sane,  the  sane 
are  invariably  kind,  because  cruelty  is  an  associate  of 
the  lopsided. 

4702 

There  is  not  one,  methinks,  who  would  care  to  traverse 
the  same  path  were  one  privileged  to  return  to  infancy 
and  journey  to  the  present  hour.  In  each  life  there 
are  frightful  mistakes. 


507 


4703 

the  mind  is  running  leisurely  along  in 
commonplace  ruts,  it  is  easier  traveling  than 
when  it  turns  into  unfrequented  roads ;  but 
there  is  compensation  for  rough  riding  in  the  stillness 
and  freshness  of  the  surroundings,  and  the  magnificent 
vistas  that  open  at  every  turning  make  one  to  exclaim, 
"  I  live." 

4704 
If  you  have  no  friends  become  one. 

4705 

We  love  ourselves  most  because  we  are  made  selfish 
enough  for  our  own  preservation  ;  but  it  is  a  despicable 
trait  when  we  have  an  excess  and  makes  us  devils. 

4706 
A  breath  of  Nature  giveth  man  a  breath  of  God. 

4707 

It  is  unfortunate  to  fly  off  the  handle,  because  of  one's 
inability  to  fly  on  again. 

4708 

As  you  advance  in  years  keep  your  mental  lamp 
trimmed  that  the  flame  die  not. 

4709 

When  shall  we  learn  that  we  can  not  oppress  another 
except  we  bind  ourselves  ? 

4710 

I  know  not  what  the  Devil  is,  but  I  opine  it  is  the 
opposite  of  good  rather  than  a  deposed  angel. 

4711 

Young  feet  trample  parents'  hearts,  and  grown  feet 
trample  children's  hearts ;  but  it  seemeth  that  if  the 
parent  reformed,  the  child  might  copy. 

4712 

What  is  our  life  ?  It  appeareth  a  groping  for  power, 
but  methinks  it  should  be  the  quest  of  wisdom. 


508 


4713 

GOMING  is  the  time  when  all  men  will  desire  a 
knowledge  of  truth  above  all  else ;  this  state 
may  not  be  reached  upon  earth,  but  in  the 
upper  worlds ;  in  the  ages  before  them  must  be  out 
grown  the  fallacies  of  the  lower ;  the  evolution  of  the 
mind  demands  this. 

4714 

Be  a  cupbearer  if  need  be  to  bring  thyself  into  the 
presence  of  the  mighty,  that  thou  mayest  learn  of  their 
ways  and  improve  thy  wits. 

4715 

Chastity  is  a  pearl  of  great  value.  Wear  it,  gentle  maid, 
and  thou  art  adorned  before  God  and  man. 

4716 

When  the  feet  are  weary  and  the  heart  is  sore,  an 
exchange  of  worlds  is  welcomed. 

4717 

The  secret  of  life  lies  within  the  bosom  of  the  universe 
where  we  are  nourished  into  individuality.  We  yet 
know  not  our  origin,  further  than  our  parents  who 
teach  us  to  lisp. 

4718 

When  coarseness  is  preferred  to  refinement  then  will 
the  stalk  be  admired  more  than  the  flower. 

4719 

Running  into  danger  needlessly  is  a  bout  with  death 
and  is  oftener  the  occupation  of  the  foolish  and 
unbalanced  than  the  sane. 

4720 

Away  from  the  throng,  man  touches  God.  Within  the 
throng  man  touches  man  ;  but  the  physical  contact 
is  no  less  incumbent  than  the  spiritual. 

4721 

Fall  into  line  and  travel  toward  light,  regardless  of 
creed  or  ism. 


509 


4722 

QO    locksmith,    however    skilled,    can    make    a 
mechanical  device  that  will   unlock  the  door 
of  understanding,  which  has  to  be  pried  open  by 
degrees   with   patient   labor   by   whomsoever   would 
gain  knowledge  of  the  interior  chambers. 

4723 

Holy  wars  have  been  horrible  wars,  and  the  misnomer 
perished  centuries  ago  when  men  thought  God  a 
swordbearer  and  listened  to  the  quibbling  of  self- 
seekers. 

4724 

If  men  visualized  more  it  seemeth  that  the  field  of 
grain  in  contrast  with  the  field  of  battle  would  present 
a  lovelier  and  holier  picture  of  what  God  would  have 
the  earth  do  for  man. 

4725 

Death  crowds  the  heels  of  dissipation.  Life  runneth 
beside  moderation. 

4726 

Why  should  a  man  be  humble  ?  Why  should  a  man  be 
arrogant?  Why  should  he  not  be  proud  that  he  is 
living  and  gentle  toward  all? 

4727 

Hie  thee  to  the  forest  when  thy  spirit  is  aweary  of 
noise  and  strife,  and  get  thee  hence  when  therein 
enters  loneliness.  Thou  art  not  safe  and  sane  when 
thou  art  prodded  by  either  extreme. 

4728 

To  think  wrongly  may  lead  to  catastrophe,  though 
the  thinker  be  a  saint  and  prayerful.  It  is  intelligence 
that  saveth  from  destruction. 

4729 

Whether  we  should  drop  our  pride  and  permit  our 
selves  to  be  assisted,  or  whether  we  should  carry  it 
and  struggle  on  is  a  mooted  question.  Pride  may  be  a 
burden,  but  it  is  the  savior  of  many. 


510 


4730 

it  not  for  the  sages  of  the  past,  fainter 
would  be  the  hope  for  the  future  of  man,  but 
what  has  been  said  can  be  repeated  ad  infinitum 
and  the  people  uplifted  and  harmonized  by  the 
vibration  of  the  strings  that  have  made  poets  sing 
and  philosophers  chant. 

4731 

Whenever  I  meet  a  man  I  long  to  say,  "  Thou  art  a  god 
and  speakest  the  truth."  Alas,  that  I  must  be  dumb  ! 

4732 

When  you  know  right  from  wrong,  why  not  do  right 
and  further  God's  plan  of  progress? 

4733 

The  Hottentot  is  as  happy  as  the  Parisian.  This 
should  argue  that  happiness  is  the  viewpoint. 

4734 

"  Give  ear  to  instruction,"  saith  the  ancient.  "  Even 
so,"  saith  the  modern.  When  thou  art  filled  begin  to 
think  and  probe  to  thy  full  capacity  into  the  mystery 
of  life. 

4735 

If  the  beautiful  word  Peace  were  repeated  on  the 
prayer-wheel  of  daily  life,  there  would  be  little  inclina 
tion  to  slaughter  and  maim  our  brothers. 

4736 

Go  to  a  friend  for  counsel,  but  consult  your  con 
science  concerning  your  duty. 

4737 

Neither  uproot  nor  cultivate  imagination.  Let  it 
alone  to  grow  like  a  forest  tree  in  wind  and  rain,  in 
shade  and  sun. 

4738 

Man  is,  and  that  is  about  all  we  know  of  him.  His 
body  we  behold,  but  the  spirit  which  animates  it  is 
veiled  in  mystery,  its  past  and  its  future  conjecture. 


511 


4739 

g  RECLUSE  is  not  thereby  a  poet,  though  a  poet 
is  inclined  to  be  a  recluse,  for  he  will  tell  you  that 
the  rhythm  of  the  spheres  does  not  so  readily  im 
press  his  phonographic  brain  when  in  worldly  company 
as  when  alone  with  the  muses,  who   approach    with 
accents  so  soothing  that  to  be  in  the  inspired  presence 
is  an  ever-present  longing. 

4740 
To  temporize  with  evil  is  to  commit  it  in  thought. 

4741 

The  habitual  borrower  is  the  bane  of  society,  for  he 
hath  no  pride,  neither  is  he  fair. 

4742 

Would  that  the  world's  inhabitants  were  all  polite ! 
Politeness  would  relieve  the  courts  of  half  their  work. 
Rudeness  is  a  curse  to  all  who  indulge  in  it  wittingly 
or  otherwise. 

4743 

Follow  a  rogue  too  closely  and  he  overshadows  you. 

4744 

Maybe  in  the  future  all  men  will  learn  that  to  be 
useful  one  must  be  honest.  Oh,  haste  the  day  when 
there  shall  be  no  place  on  earth  for  a  cheat  and  to  live 
he  must  reform ! 

4745 

The  fruit  of  a  thought:  a  poison  if  evil;  a  food  if 
righteous. 

4746 

Human  swine  often  appear  in  other  clothing  and  the 
people  are  deceived  by  rich  apparel  and  affected 
language. 

4747 

Every  one  believing  in  a  personal  God  draws  one's  own 
picture  of  Him,  which  were  they  hung  in  a  gallery 
would  cause  shocking  irreverence  and  some  amuse 
ment — they  would  so  resemble  themselves. 


512 


4748 

eVERYWHERE  we  go  we  see  a  train  of  evils 
propelled  by  public  indifference  moving  swiftly 
along  and  crushing  some  unfortunate  brother 
or  sister  with  every  revolution  of  the  wheels.  When 
some  reformer  attempts  to  minimize  the  danger  by 
legislation,  there  ascends   a   protest   from   the   unre- 
generate  against  interfering  with  the  rights  of  men  to 
kill  each  other  after  their  own  manner  without  let  or 
hindrance. 

4749 

Make  few  promises ;  break  none,  for  thy  word  is 
thyself. 

4750 
Moonshine  for  lovers  ;  sunshine  for  workers. 

4751 

Thoroughness  does  not  necessarily  mean  a  heavy 
hand.  Discrimination  and  a  light  touch  may  give 
better  results. 

4752 
A  pilot  in  a  strange  harbor :  an  education  for  a  child. 

4753 

Hold  thy  venom  in  thine  own  mouth.  Thou  art  not  a 
snake  to  poison  with  fangs. 

4754 
To  escape  reproach  makes  a  coward  a  liar. 

4755 

Amazing  results  come  from  diligence,  honesty  and 
sobriety  and  a  determination  to  rule  thy  spirit. 

4756 
To  get  acquainted  with  sin  we  barter  our  very  souls. 

4757 

Wings  have  I  none,  but  I  have  a  mind  that  flies  afar 
and  a  heart  that  leaps  like  a  roe ;  therefore  am  I 
equipped  for  gaining  some  knowledge  beyond  the 
limit  of  mine  eyes. 


513 


4758 

HINGER  long  and  lovingly  with  the  living  form, 
but  forsake  the  dead  form  when  it  is  laid  in  the 
earth.  Seek  not  to  find  the  living  with  the  mold, 
but  if  thou  wouldst  commune,  look  thou  to  the  beyond 
for  friendly  recognition. 

4759 

Methinks  village  life  is  more  advantageous  to  the 
young  than  the  adult,  inasmuch  as  it  affords  more 
room  to  breathe  than  to  labor. 

4760 

Employment  is  as  necessary  to  right  thinking  as  right 
thinking  is  to  employment.  One  is  the  need  of  the 
other.  To  divorce  them  means  death  to  progress. 

4761 
The  breath  of  God  is  still  warm  upon  the  earth. 

4762 

Better  a  night  of  prayer  than  a  night  of  revelry ;  a 
day  of  work  than  a  day  of  idleness ;  a  thought  of 
peace  than  a  thought  of  war:  one  will  make  thee 
better,  the  other  will  make  thee  worse. 

4763 

Somewhere  in  the  world  of  thought  there  must  be 
waiting  momentous  ideas  for  future  minds  to  seize 
and  present. 

4764 

The  wings  of  Fate  flap  in  the  face  and  eyes  of  him 
who  runs  counter  to  the  signposts  set  by  sobriety. 

4765 

Pity  the  morally  depraved.  There  is  nothing  but 
misery  for  such  as  go  wrong. 

4766 

Blunt  speech  frequently  passes  for  sincerity,  but 
there  is  no  reason  why  a  cultured  voice  should  not 
hold  and  convey  every  virtue.  Alas,  that  any  voice  is 
clever  acting ! 


514 


4767 

[ANY  ways  have  been  suggested  to  prevent  the 
rich  from  growing  richer  and  the  poor  from 
growing  poorer,  but  there  is  only  one  way 
known  whereby  this  may  be  accomplished,  and  that 
is  by  eliminating  selfishness  from  the  human  heart ; 
but  as  that  will  take  time  we  must  not  look  for  a 
radical  change  in  a  twinkling,  nor  should  the  poor 
expect  the  rich  to  grow  faster  in  that  direction  than 
themselves. 

4768 
There  is  no  more  joy  in  arriving  than  in  striving. 

4769 
In  the  throes  of  evolution  is  man  from  birth  to  death. 

4770 

If  thou  findest  an  idea  it  is  thine  to  amplify,  and  like 
the  loaves  and  fishes  it  can  be  used  to  feed  the  multi 
tude  and  there  be  basketfuls  left. 

4771 

In  time  science  will  set  religions  right.  They  are 
growing  better  with  much  discussion  and  modern 
knowledge. 

4772 

Reason  civilizes.  Prejudice  brutalizes.  Reason  is  man's 
friend,  prejudice  his  enemy. 

4773 
Fling  to  a  dog  a  bone,  but  to  a  man  an  idea. 

4774 

The  highlands  of  life — the  upper  regions  of  thought— 
the  multitude  does  not  reach.  Individuals  do.  One 
climbs  alone ;  the  masses  move  slowly,  but  with  an 
upward  trend. 

4775 

All  of  earth  are  kin,  although  we  are  ashamed  to 
acknowledge  it.  But  when  disaster  befalls  we  are  made 
to  realize  it  as  we  tremble  in  our  helplessness. 


515 


4776 

best  picture  of  the  beyond  is  the  one  that  is 
the  most  beautiful,  and  the  worst  that  which 
is  the  most  painful ;  then  shall  it  not  come  to 
pass  that  he  who  takes  the  best  view  will  become 
better  than  he  who  holds  to  the  worst  if  the  contem 
plation  of  the  beautiful  is  ever  more  ennobling  than 
the  continuous  dwelling  upon  cruelty  ? 

4777 
Immortality   means   evolution   throughout   eternity. 

4778 

Humility  is  a  virtue  or  a  weakness  according  to  the 
circumstances . 

4779 

Barabbas  has  been  more  popular  than  he  will  be  when 
the  people  adjust  their  political  goggles  to  their  dust- 
filled  eyes  so  they  can  see  the  difference  between  a 
savior  and  a  thief. 

4780 

The  sunny  hours  wasted  by  thee,  O  woman,  at  card- 
playing  is  deplorable.  The  day  was  given  for  useful 
labor.  The  reaper  will  find  thy  task  incomplete,  and 
shame  and  confusion  will  be  thine. 

4781 
Success  means  a  thousand  things  to  a  thousand  men. 

4782 

Occupation  is  a  leveler  of  men.  We  prate  to  the 
contrary,  but  observation  confirms. 

4783 

Music  is  expression.  Its  great  composers  are  they  who 
have  walked  beneath  the  surface,  have  ridden  the 
clouds  and  seek  to  transcribe  a  soul's  experience  in 
its  devious  wanderings. 

4784 

Selfishness  sneaks  in  every  time  we  leave  the  door 
ajar,  to  spoil  our  generous  promptings. 


516 


4785 

HEAVEN  is  the  goal  of  the  churchman,  but  were 
the   unbelievers   excluded   it  would   be  a   less 
attractive  country,  and  is  there  any  reason  to 
suppose  that  a  God  of  love  would  exclude  them  from 
future  happiness  having  endowed  them  with  pene 
trating  and  logical  minds  and  placed  them  upon  earth 
with  full  privilege  of  exercising  all  the  faculties  they 
possess? 

4786 

Guilty  !  Guilty  !  Guilty  !  Guilty  !  Swings  the  pendulum 
of  crime  which  is  beyond  the  reach  of  courts  to  stop. 

4787 

Flowers  cover  our  caskets  and  our  graves.  Thus  we 
are  loved  in  death. 

4788 

Lamentation — of  what  avail?  It  were  meant  for  men 
to  suffer  to  teach  them  compassion. 

4789 

The  final  chapter  of  a  life  may  never  be  written. 
Immortality  and  eternity  preclude. 

4790 

Henceforth  let  thy  daily  prayer  be  to  progress, 
thereby  preparing  to  cast  off  the  obsolete  and  to  be 
ready  to  garb  thyself  in  new  ideas. 

4791 

If  you  have  a  little  money  and  a  modicum  of  reason 
you  will  know  that  it  takes  longer  to  earn  it  than  to 
spend  it.  So  beware  of  barter.  The  scales  should 
balance  or  you  are  cheated. 

4792 

If  I  should  envy  any  it  would  be  one  who  had  passed 
the  limitations  of  earth  after  having  done  a  great  and 
lasting  work  for  humanity. 


517 


4793 

[HITHER  do  we  go  when  we  die,  and  can  we 
return?  Millions  testify  today  that  the  second 
question  is  simpler  than  the  first,  which  must 
remain  unanswered  until  a  sixth  and  a  seventh  sense 
have  been  added  to  the  useful  five. 

4794 
Laughter  is  a  lubricant. 

4795 

Civilization's  call  is  for  plows,  not  warships.  The 
world  is  fed  by  one  and  starved  by  the  other. 

4796 

Under  the  wings  of  time  lies  hidden  the  destiny  of 
nations. 

4797 

Selfish  thoughts  line  every  path,  darting  back  and 
forth  the  livelong  day. 

4798 

Man,  know  thy  stomach.  An  impolite  command  says 
one;  a  timely  warning  says  another,  and  the  least 
heeded  say  all. 

4799 

A  flowing  tongue  and  a  dry  heart  oft  lead  a  man  to 
worldly  success. 

4800 

That  the  ends  of  society  more  evenly  balance,  rude 
ness  should  be  met  with  politeness,  and  politeness 
should  not  be  repulsed  by  rudeness. 

4801 

Failing  to  do  a  great  thing  for  humanity,  hesitate  not 
to  do  the  small  kindnesses,  the  aggregate  of  which 
may  be  of  more  value  than  the  one,  both  to  thyself 
and  the  world. 

4802 

Though  the  populace  shout  when  the  ruler  passes  by, 
if  he  does  not  honor  the  position  he  will  feel  the  irony 
if  he  be  not  brass,  and  himself  despise. 


518 


4803 

OH,  blest  the  hour  when  the  soul  withdraws  from 
its  earthly  tenement,  but  have  a  care,  O  mortal, 
that  it  is  not  turned  out  against  its  will ;  for  as 
long  as  Nature  and  Nature's  God  are  in  partnership 
thou  wilt  suffer  any  infraction  of  law  and  order. 

4804 

Idleness  corrodes  the  brain,  making  it  almost  useless 
as  a  thinking  machine. 

4805 

The  least  we  can  do  for  our  brothers  and  sisters  of 
earth  is  to  be  agreeable.  Alas !  that  we  are  so  thought 
less  that  we  needlessly  wound  ! 

4806 
Commonsense  makes  uncommon  folk. 

4807 

It  is  misleading  to  give  a  crooked  answer  to  a  straight 
question.  Silence  suffice th. 

4808 

Honesty  hindereth  the  gathering  of  shekels,  and 
benevolence  the  hoarding  of  them. 

4809 

Silence  is  not  always  wisdom  :  it  is  often  lack  of  courage 
to  speak  the  truth. 

4810 

Every  life  should  be  rounded  with  a  measure  of  hand 
work.  An  idle  hand  reveals  a  palsied  mind. 

4811 

When  one's  pride  exceeds  one's  education  there  will 
be  progress  in  spite  of  limitations. 

4812 

Too  much  patience  is  frequently  a  sin.  There  is  a  place 
to  speak  and  one's  lips  should  not  be  dumb  in  the 
conflict  of  right  living. 

4813 

God  giveth  man  hope  and  light  to  make  his  way 
through  a  strange  world. 


519 


4814 

contentions  amongst  the  various  sects  of 
Christendom  is  a  sign  of  a  new  dispensation, 
and  the  angel  of  change  is  troubling  the  stagnant 
pool  that  the  factions  may  be  healed  of  their  many 
infirmities. 

4815 
The  price  of  thinking  is  fatigue ;  the  result,  priceless. 

4816 

When  one  becomes  perfect  one  may  condemn.  Until 
that  time  be  kind. 

4817 

To  lead  in  the  social  whirl  one  must  be  possessed  of  a 
species  of  vanity  and  a  willingness  to  be  conspicuous. 

4818 

Find  solace  in  the  thought  that  heaven  has  no  barred 
doors.  Ye  can  enter  and  depart  at  will. 

4819 

Lassitude  bespeaks  poor  work.  What  thou  dost,  do 
with  energy,  though  it  be  but  a  trifle  and  naught 
depends. 

4820 

Needs  are  few,  but  nimble  is  desire.  It  spreadeth  like 
a  grass  fire  and  keeps  thee  running. 

4821 

In  every  quarter  of  the  globe  spring  thoughts  sown 
by  the  Great  Gardener  for  the  sustenance  of  the 
bipeds  therein  placed. 

4822 

The  devil  must  be  whoever  and  whatever  stands 
before  the  gate  of  progress  to  keep  out  the  children 
of  earth. 

4823 

War  is  so  merciless  that  civilized  man  can  not  engage 
in  it.  There  are  grave  wrongs  everywhere,  and  there 
should  be  found  strong  and  wise  men  without  taint 
of  selfishness  to  mediate. 


520 


4824 

^•w^OOLGATHERING  is  not  considered  profitable, 
ri J  though  it  sometimes  proves  to  be ;  writers, 
^*^  verse-makers,  inventors,  philosophers  and 
reformers  have  gone  woolgathering,  when  thrifty 
neighbors  and  friends  would  have  put  them  to  other 
employment. 

4825 

Man's  conscience  is  his  savior ;  a  dull  conscience  is  a 
weak  defender. 

4826 

Most  bitter  hour !  To  reach  the  end  and  realize  that 
ye  have  done  nothing  to  make  the  world  a  fairer 
dwelling-place. 

4827 

Be  calm,  and  whatsoever  trouble  cometh  thou  canst 
easier  bear. 

4828 

In  thy  desire  to  serve  God  thou  mayest  slight  man 
who  needs  thee  more. 

4829 

The  will  to  do  good  and  harm  none  is  the  very  essence 
of  religion. 

4830 

Whatsoever  God  and  the  angels  have  done  in  the  past 
they  are  doing  now. 

4831 

At  a  breakneck  pace  runs  time,  but  a  man  must  keep 
abreast  or  be  engulfed.  With  hand  and  brain  he  must 
work.  An  idler  hath  no  part  in  real  life.  Idleness  is  a 
disgrace.  The  race  is  swift,  gird  ye  for  it. 

4832 

Though  fashion  proclaims  herself  the  daughter  of 
Art,  Art  repudiates  close  relationship  of  so  changeful 
a  creature. 

4833 

Zaccheus  climbed  a  tree,  and  were  I  to  use  this  for  a 
text  I  should  make  this  point :  that  he  who  climbs 
extends  his  vision. 


521 


4834 

are  many  signs  by  which  we  recognize 
our  closest  friends.  There  is  a  silent  language, 
a  reaching  out  upon  similar  lines  of  thought 
and  the  imbibing  of  new  truths  that  creates  and 
cements  friendships  that  years  will  not  weaken. 

4835 

Ofttimes  the  hard,  dry  speech  of  true  friendship  cuts 
deep. 

4836 

Immortality  is  the  hope  and  comfort  of  the  present 
life. 

4837 

To  be  sweet-tempered  is  like  walking  in  a  rose-garden, 
but  ill -nature  is  a  tramp  over  stones  and  briers  that 
bruise  and  pierce  and  make  rough  the  way. 

4838 

Yet  a  little  while  and  we  are  not  here.  The  traveling 
ego  has  moved  onward,  not  changed  methinks  but 
of  clearer  sight  and  more  earnest  purpose  because 
convinced  that  death  hath  not  destroyed  personality 
and  made  of  us  nonentities. 

4839 
Evolution  is  the  keynote  of  Nature. 

4840 

Through  the  patient  ministrations  of  time,  Twentieth- 
Century  religion  has  become  less  a  matter  of  belief 
and  more  a  matter  of  conduct,  therefore  man's  head 
rests  more  securely  on  his  shoulders. 

4841 

At  the  behest  of  no  man  do  that  which  thy  innermost 
conscience  dost  not  approve.  This  rule  will  hold  thee 
above  suspicion  and  keep  thee  from  temptation. 

4842 

When  art  and  work  are  playfellows,  the  rumblings  of 
discontent  will  not  be  heard  above  the  laughter. 


522 


4843 

[AN,  treat  thy  stomach  with  respect.  It  is  worthy. 
It  crieth  with  a  loud  voice  saying  :  "  I  will  resent 
every  insult  offered  me  to  the  uttermost  of  my 
God-given  privilege.  I  am  the  companion  of  thy  brain." 

4844 

When  the  prejudiced  historian  perverts  history  into 
apology,  unintentionally  he  induces  to  deeper  research. 

4845 

A  daily  pause  in  the  rush  of  living  for  the  benediction 
of  the  spirit  is  both  needful  and  refreshing. 

4846 

Sweet  words  that  melt  in  the  mouth  may  hold  the 
poison  of  asps. 

4847 

The  idle  rich  and  the  idle  poor  are  ticketed  over  dif 
ferent  routes  to  the  same  destination. 

4848 

If  a  catapult  of  harsh  words  is  turned  on,  you  slip  into 
the  invisible  protection  of  silence. 

4849 

Children  are  choked  by  the  very  air  they  breathe.  So 
full  is  it  of  man-made  laws  that  initiative  is  suppressed 
and  imitation  encouraged. 

4850 

The  fragrance  of  a  flower  oft  draws  the  curtain  of  the 
past. 

4851 
Call  me  not  irreverent  if  I  say  that  God  is  growth. 

4852 

Science  has  brightened  the  physical  world  and  it 
must  also  light  the  spiritual  realm,  and  at  length  the 
head  and  the  heart  shall  agree  and  true  religion  be 
scientific  living,  a  harmonious  blending  of  the  spiritual 
and  physical — then  will  mortals  be  lifted  out  of  coarse 
ness  into  fineness  and  the  troubles  of  earth  be  few. 


523 


4853 

[HOSOEVER  sheddeth  man's  blood  is  evermore 
an  outcast  from  peace ;  his  days  are  darkness 
and  his  nights  are  haunted ;  memory  flogs  him 
and  conscience  flays,  and  who  can  tell  whether  or  not 
this  will  ever  end? 

4854 

Our  temperamental  defects  are  slower  to  correct  than 
our  mental  deficiencies. 

4855 

If  woman  would  speak  wisely  she  would  always 
be  heard.  When  she  shrills  like  a  scold,  repines, 
upbraids  or  bedraggles  her  robes  with  gossip,  she 
loses  charm  and  ranks  with  the  weak  who  have  no 
voice  in  vital  things. 

4856 

The  commonplace  is  everywhere  conspicuous ;  yet 
could  we  see  under  the  coarse  surface  we  might  dis 
cover  qualities  of  mind  fit  to  shine  had  environment 
been  favorable.  Let  this  thought  move  us  to  charity. 

4857 

Gold  is  a  poor  exchange  for  character ;  and  to 
part  with  principle  for  a  piece  of  silver  marks  a 
rogue ;  the  time  is  coming  when  the  traffic  in 
votes  will  merit  the  scorn  of  all  men  and  women  of 
common  decency ;  even  little  children  will  point  with 
shame  to  the  politician  who  betrays  the  people  to  boost 
himself. 

4858 

Happiness  abides  not  long  at  a  time,  but  comes  and 
goes  like  the  sun  on  April  days. 

4859 

If  ye  could  read  the  starved  soul  of  Poverty's  beauty- 
loving  child,  thy  Yuletide  gift  would  sometimes  be 
a  flower  or  even  a  jewel.  Hands  and  feet  might  be 
bare  and  cold,  but  the  happy  little  heart  would  be 
warmed.  In  the  joy  of  possessing  that  which  the  world 
calls  superfluous,  rags  would  be  forgotten  and  the 
least  of  these  would  glimpse  heaven. 


524 


4860 

eOD  save  us  from  our  quarrels  great  and  small 
and  teach  us  to  settle  our  differences  without 
tearing,  the  flesh   like   beasts   with   tooth   and 
claw.  Until  that  time  we  are  not  above  paint  and 
feathers,  and  only  by  stretching  the  imagination  can 
we  assume  to  be. 

4861 

Be  not  persuaded  that  thou  canst  escape  the 
consequences  of  thy  every  act  against  spiritual 
and  physical  law.  No  jury  of  men  has  power  to 
pardon,  and  the  Great  Lawgiver  can  not  be  wheedled 
with  many  petitions.  The  breaking  of  a  law  is  a 
personal  loss. 

4862 
Repression  is  a  kind  of  fear. 

4863 

That  each  one  born  into  the  world  finds  a  way  out 
no  one  doubts.  Therefore  some  declare  that  accidents 
are  not  and  that  whatever  fate  one  meets  is  one's 
own  manner  of  exit.  Truly  we  know  not  the  why  of 
daily  happenings,  any  more  than  we  can  trace  the 
Alpha  and  Omega  of  souls. 

4864 

As  a  little  child  I  craved  love,  and  as  I  grew  to  maturity 
it  became  more  and  more  the  staff  of  life  upon  which 
my  soul  was  nourished.  Oh !  I  pity  the  struggling 
one  who  is  denied  this  gift  of  heaven  and  starves  of 
loneliness  !  Of  such  there  be  many  whose  voice  is  never 
heard  in  the  roar  of  money. 

4865 

The  lure  of  exciting  pleasures  results  in  personal  defeat. 
True  and  lasting  pleasure  comes  from  earnest  effort 
to  uplift  the  spirit  above  the  commonness  of  vul 
garity  and  brutality.  Many  in  their  plunge  after 
novelty  forget  decency.  Their  rudeness  is  brazen ; 
though  their  garments  be  of  spun  silk  their  mental 
and  moral  nakedness  can  not  be  concealed. 


525 


4866 

[HEN  the  Angel  of  Death  calls  on  thy  neighbor 
believe  not  that  the  message  is  not  welcome  to 
the  Spirit  that  receives  it.  Nothing  is  by  chance, 
and  whatever  is,  is  ordered  even  to  the  hour  of  snuff 
ing  out  the  candle. 

4867 

To  read  another  through  one's  own  mind  is  logical 
but  ofttimes  most  unfair,  for  the  reason  that  to  follow 
a  wrong  premise  carries  to  a  false  conclusion  and 
no  one  is  quite  sure  of  their  starting-point  when 
analyzing  friend  or  stranger. 

4868 

Human  nature  varies  little  the  world  over.  This  may 
be  explanatory  of  our  slowness  in  learning  it.  As  cen 
turies  pass  we  make  tardy  advancement,  are  ever 
committing  the  same  blunders,  and  showing  the  same 
foibles  and  virtues  that  other  peoples  have  paraded. 

4869 

Our  neighbors  of  the  animal  world  are  every  whit 
as  much  in  God's  hand  as  we,  and  who  shall  say  they 
are  less  precious  to  their  Maker?  Do  they  not  obey 
the  law  and  behave  themselves  better  than  men? 
Are  they  not  more  temperate  and  less  given  to  deceit  ? 
Let  us  think  upon  these  things  seriously,  and  mercy 
shall  stay  our  blows  and  make  us  more  considerate 
of  their  needs. 

4870 

It  is  an  error  to  affirm  that  woman  was  made 
for  man  unless  we  also  affirm  that  man  was  made 
for  woman.  "  Male  and  female  made  He  them." 
One  is  as  important  as  the  other,  neither  is  complete 
alone.  Nature's  plan  would  be  thwarted.  So  we  should 
consider  them  together  and  believe  that  they  arrived 
at  the  same  time. 

4871 

I  can  not  conceive  of  an  hour  so  precious  as  this.  I  live 
and  sing  in  the  Now. 


526 


4872 

I  VERILY  believe  that  if  rum  were  made  no  more, 
crime  and  poverty  would  decrease,  eventually 
disappearing    to    the    vanishing-point.    Yet    I 
am  neither  an  apostle  of  prohibition  nor  an  advocate 
of  the  canteen,  but  an  observer  of  the  bitter  fruits. 
It  has  laid  low  the  flower  of  the  Nation  and  made  fire 
brands  of  the  ignorant.  It  has  done  so  much  more  evil 
than  good  that  it  might  well  be  classed  with  the  things 
called  infernal. 

4873 

Each  day  of  thy  life  do  some  little  thing  for  another — 
a  gentle  word,  a  smile,  a  kindly  act.  These  are  treasures 
laid  up  in  heaven  and  your  soul  grows  rich.  A  frown, 
a  disposition  to  oppress,  a  stinging  tongue  and  selfish 
tendencies  will  strip  you  of  most  that  enters  into  the 
making  of  angels. 

4874 

Lift  up  your  heads  on  high  and  sing  hosannas,  all  ye 
who  feel  depressed.  It  will  charge  the  atmosphere  with 
optimism  and  make  for  better  conditions.  To  sulk  and 
to  wear  a  long  visage  invites  annoyance  as  truly  as 
singing  disperses  it. 

4875 

The  beginning  of  wisdom  is  the  love  of  truth.  In  com 
parison,  other  virtues  there  are  none.  It  requires  no 
strong  lens  to  perceive  it.  It  is  simple  and  homely 
and  has  roots  in  the  soul  until  torn  out  by  lying 
sophistry. 

4876 

Could  all  men  and  women  be  housed,  fed  and  clothed 
without  personal  effort,  would  they  all  be  happy? 
No  happier  than  they  are  working  for  easier  condi 
tions.  There  is  no  more  happiness  at  the  end  than 
along  the  way. 

4877 

Dost  thou  perceive  imperfection  moving  steadily 
toward  perfection,  thou  art  an  optimist  and  dwellest 
in  faith,  hope  and  charity. 


527 


4878 

foundation  of  character  was  laid  with  the 
world,  and  little  by  little  each  man  builds  his 
individual  structure  upon  it :  strong,  weak, 
flimsy,  ornate,  enduring,  crumbling,  symmetrical, 
out  of  plumb,  beautiful  or  ugly ;  a  lasting  credit  or  a 
lasting  disgrace ;  a  structure  he  can  not  hide  nor  tear 
down.  There  it  stands  with  his  name  graven  on  the 
plate,  to  be  admired  or  condemned. 

4879 

While  we  are  traveling  on  the  globe  let  us  not  resent 
our  neighbor's  interest  in  our  affairs.  To  mind  one's 
own  business  is  creditable,  but  to  take  no  interest 
in  those  about  us  is  unpardonable  selfishness. 

4880 

Direct  questions  are  not  invariably  impertinent.  The 
prompting  motive  makes  them  so  or  not  so.  Therefore 
let  your  answers  be  soft  and  free  from  sting,  lest 
you  wound  a  kindly  soul  whose  thought  is  not  stimu 
lated  by  curiosity. 

4881 

So  far  as  we  know,  one  man  is  as  near  God  as 
another ;  but  the  bad  man  misses  most  everything 
that  makes  for  happiness  and  piles  up  misery  for 
himself  with  every  wrong  act,  making  his  feet  lead  and 
his  path  dangerous. 

4882 

When  buying  gewgaws  remember  this  :  there  is  enough 
of  beauty  awaiting  small  silver  which  does  not  degrade 
and  outrage  taste.  Better  nothing  and  an  artistic 
mental  picture  than  tawdry  display  and  a  sightless 
mind. 

4883 

Of  all  the  hobbies  that  man  likes  to  ride  is  a 
gastronomic  race  with  Dame  Nature.  He  is  possessed 
of  the  notion  that  he  can  win.  He  never  has.  The 
Dame  is  invincible,  outriding  the  strongest  and 
swiftest  down  to  defeat. 


528 


4884 

monkey-shines  of  officeseekers  would  be 
ludicrous  were  they  not  mischievous.  They 
caper  and  prance  for  votes.  They  blow  horns 
and  strut  for  applause.  They  play  upon  the  personal 
pronoun  and  sing  roundelays  in  self-praise.  Their 
vanity  exceeds  their  ability,  their  greed  their  honesty. 
Oh,  for  a  Washington  or  a  Lincoln  who  sought  first 
the  public  weal  and  forgot  self-glory ! 

4885 

If  the  psychic  life  is  the  blossom  of  the  physical  life, 
alas,  that  there  be  one  barren  stalk ! 

4886 

It  seemeth  to  me  that  a  kind  heart,  a  clean  mind  and 
a  helpful  hand  are  the  essentials  of  religion,  and  that 
theological  limits  and  beliefs  are  scarce  worth  mention 
in  this  Twentieth  Century. 

4887 

No  man  remains  in  bondage  to  another  if  he  have 
courage  to  free  himself.  Master  and  slave  are  no 
more.  White,  yellow  and  black  are  equal  before  the 
law ;  but  social  status  is  marked  by  a  pigment  that 
does  not  change. 

4888 

God  only  knows  how  they  suffer  who  taste  the 
gall  and  wormwood  of  murder.  Let  God  in  His 
mercy  smite  them  from  earth,  and  not  ye  who 
know  not  but  that  ye  commit  the  same  awful  deed. 
Let  us  boast  not  while  the  State  takes  away  the  breath 
of  life  that  God  has  breathed  into  man's  nostrils. 

4889 

Searching  for  ideas  is  charming  pastime ;  gathering 
words  to  clothe  them  agreeable  labor ;  putting  them 
into  book  form  a  timid  task ;  and  to  let  them  fly 
beyond  recall  a  sensation  that  deadens  all  conceit. 
Their  imperfections  return  to  torture  the  mind,  and 
one  sighs  that  one's  thoughts  are  so  shabbily  arrayed. 


529 


4890 

there  were  more  humorists  to  turn  sighs 
to  laughter.  Every  hour  should  be  broken  with 
a  smiie ,  A  full  day  of  solemnity  depresses  as 
does  a  dismal  cloud  that  veils  the  jolly  sun.  Laugh, 
ye  who  desire  health !  Laugh,  ye  who  would  do  good 
work !  Laughter  was  given  to  man  alone.  It  raises 
him  above  the  beast. 

4891 

Repose  is  not  idleness,  but  harmony.  We  observe  it  in 
them  who  toil  with  their  hands,  and  in  them  who 
toil  with  their  heads ;  but  in  them  who  toil  not  there 
is  always  discord  and  a  restlessness  that  betrays  lack 
of  polite  deportment. 

4892 

No  one  can  count  the  cost  of  a  bad  act.  It  reaches 
to  the  ends  of  civilization  and  is  a  leaden  weight 
on  the  body  politic.  Let  this  be  a  text  for 
Sunday  sermons,  that  more  be  impressed  with  a  sense 
of  individual  responsibility. 

4893 

Art  recognizes  no  class.  Its  apostles  are  born  amongst 
high  and  low,  midst  splendor  and  squalor.  Many 
perish  at  the  threshold  of  life,  some  are  slain  by 
indolence,  but  a  few  live  to  bless  mankind  and  raise 
them  Godward  by  placing  before  them  objects  of 
lasting  beauty. 

4894 

Love  is  ever  a  sweet  theme,  but  the  fires  of  passion 
die  soon.  The  writer  who  dips  his  pen  in  red-hot  flame, 
depicting  scenes  that  should  never  be  unveiled,  flaunt 
ing  coarse  men  and  brazen  women  through  pages  of 
type,  deserves  the  oblivion  that  a  later  generation 
will  accord. 

4895 

A  cheat,  be  he  rich  or  be  he  poor,  is  contemptible  in 
his  own  estimation ;  albeit  he  may  swell  and  puff  in 
public  and  demand  the  admiration  he  can  not  bestow 
upon  himself  because  he  knows  himself  as  he  is. 


530 


4896 

should  men  wrangle  over  sacred  books? 
Why  should  they  not  cull  from  each  and  every 
bible  something  to  make  lighter  the  way  to  the 
Father's  Mansion,  whither  all  are  traveling  who  enter 
the  planet  life  ?  All  bibles  contain  the  written  thoughts 
of  men — God-inspired,  man-inspired — and  it  is  not 
for  any  cult  to  contend  that  one  hath  all  of  truth.  Let 
discrimination  serve  and  save  us  from  contention  and 
unseemly  boasting. 

4897 

Express  joy  in  thy  countenance,  though  thou  art 
bruised  and  sorely  wounded,  as  thou  hast  no  right  to 
spread  gloom. 

4898 

Agriculture,  the  savior  of  mankind. 

4899 

An  accusing  conscience  is  an  imp  that  mocks  and 
leers  when  alone  and  makes  faces  when  in  company, 
pointing  downward  every  time  one  glances  heaven 
ward. 

4900 

Open  thy  mind  to  fresh  thought :  this  fits  thee  for 
today  and  prepares  thee  for  tomorrow. 

4901 

Laugh !  Laughter  was  given  thee  to  ease  thee  of 
grief.  One  could  not  endure  the  pain  of  life  without  it. 

4902 

If  God  forced  the  world  to  choose  between  theology 
and  agriculture,  we  all  know  the  choice. 

4903 

The  sincere  are  upheld  by  self-respect ;  but  the  in 
sincere  have  nothing  to  support  them  but  self-conceit. 

4904 

Our  ideas  of  justice  are  crude,  as  we  yet  bask  in 
selfishness. 


531 


4905 

eACH  century  bringeth  a  new  message  to  man. 
The  harvest  of  the  past  and  the  present   are 
his,  making  him  richer  this  hour  than  since  the 
writing  of  history. 

4906 

Music  to  do  thee  most  good  should  not  always  agree 
with  thy  mood. 

4907 

As  the  Cross  suggests  suffering,  it  shall  be  replaced 
by  a  new  symbol  in  a  new  age  when  Christ's  life  and 
not  His  death  is  glorified. 

4908 

Too  much  can  not  be  said  in  favor  of  construction 
and  against  destruction.  Let  the  wise  repeat  until 
all  believe  that  it  is  better  to  create  than  to  kill. 

4909 

Regret  not  a  bitter  experience  if  thou  hast  gained  a 
needful  chapter. 

4910 

He  who  spares  time  to  defend  himself  against  slander 
holds  his  days  cheap. 

4911 

Much  do  I  reveal  of  myself  to  a  white  page  that  I 
dare  not  speak  to  my  neighbor. 

4912 

Place  and  power  are  right  for  thee  only  as  thou 
art  right  for  them. 

4913 
War  is  misdirected  energy. 

4914 

If  thou  hast  a  talent,  love  it,  for  it  is  a  slight  touch 
of  God  upon  thy  brain  to  inspire  individualism. 

4915 

Think  in  thine  own  generation.  Read  the  past.  Be 
lieve  in  the  future. 


532 


4916 

Who  knoweth  and  who  careth,  if 
hath  love  in  his  heart  and  perceiveth  God  in 
things?     Surely  if  every  leaf  and  bud  is  at 
tended,  man  shall  be  guided  safely. 

4917 
Rejoice  that  nothing  is  stationary. 

4918 

Fish  for  ideas.  The  stream  of  life  has  been  well 
stocked,  and  if  thou  art  patient  thou  art  sure  to  net 
one. 

4919 

Love  nothing  more  than  thy  reason.  Though  it  sepa- 
ate  thee  from  past  beliefs  it  will  unite  thee  to  those  of 
thine  own  age. 

4920 

The  pageantry  of  Time !  The  longest  imagination 
can  not  depict  the  earliest  scenes. 

4921 
A    horseless    carriage :    another    dream    come     true. 

4922 

The  more  faith  and  hope  we  weave  into  our  daily 
life,  the  brighter  the  fabric. 

4923 

Dependence  kills  energy,  it  ruins  ambition  and  marks 
decay. 

4924 

When  the  heart  is  young  the  mind  is  elastic  and  bends 
to  the  cares  of  life  rather  than  breaks. 

4925 

Meet  the  world  with  a  laugh  and  a  song.  Sighing  and 
weeping  are  thy  secrets  and  not  to  be  exposed. 

4926 

The  best  books  of  the  world  are  as  gold  and  silver,  and 
the  wise  thoughts  of  men  contained  therein  blazing 
jewels  in  the  crown  of  life. 


533 


4927 

A  high  ideal  should  make  a  more  practical  and  useful 
citizen,  for  he  who  hath  a  vision  of  better  things  ahead 
travels  toward  them. 

4928 

The  day  we  cease  to  think,  that  day  we  die. 

4929 

O  art!  To  thee  must  man  look  to  deliver  him  from 
grossness.  To  the  ideal  must  he  build  if  he  would  rise. 

4930 

Keep  thy  feet  upon  earth,  thy  head  in  the  sky ;  then 
labor  may  not  degrade,  riches  destroy  nor  men  despise. 


534 


SO  HERE  THEN  ENDETH 

THIS  BOOK   OF  TWENTIETH-CENTURY  MUSINGS 

EVOLVED  IN  HAPPY  MOMENTS 

BY 

M.  CLAY  BURBRIDGE 

PENNED  WITH  LOVE,  PROFFERED  TO  TIME 
AND  DONE  INTO  A  PRINTED  VOLUME 

BY 

THE  ROYCROFTERS 
AT  THEIR  SHOP 

AT 

EAST  AURORA 
NEW  YORK 

JUNE 

ANNO  CHRISTI 
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